diff --git a/builtin/blame.c b/builtin/blame.c
index ff978253f1..b3e948e757 100644
--- a/builtin/blame.c
+++ b/builtin/blame.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include "line-log.h"
 #include "dir.h"
 
-static char blame_usage[] = N_("git blame [<options>] [<rev-opts>] [<rev>] [--] file");
+static char blame_usage[] = N_("git blame [<options>] [<rev-opts>] [<rev>] [--] <file>");
 
 static const char *blame_opt_usage[] = {
 	blame_usage,
diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
index dd8f3fcfc4..4c4e6be28c 100644
--- a/builtin/log.c
+++ b/builtin/log.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static const char *fmt_patch_subject_prefix = "PATCH";
 static const char *fmt_pretty;
 
 static const char * const builtin_log_usage[] = {
-	N_("git log [<options>] [<revision range>] [[--] <path>...]"),
+	N_("git log [<options>] [<revision-range>] [[--] <path>...]"),
 	N_("git show [<options>] <object>..."),
 	NULL
 };