diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
index b64cd6a84b..5cf6bd3e21 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-commit-tree - Creates a new commit object
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-commit-tree' <tree> [-p <parent commit>]\   < changelog
+'git-commit-tree' <tree> [-p <parent commit>]\* < changelog
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
index 52874c8562..fdcb8bea7d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ OPTIONS
 	Directly insert the specified info into the index.
 	
 --index-info::
-        Read index info from stdin.
+        Read index information from stdin.
 
 --chmod=(+|-)x::
         Set the execute permissions on the updated files.