diff --git a/builtin-remote.c b/builtin-remote.c
index 0777dd719b..c4edb86530 100644
--- a/builtin-remote.c
+++ b/builtin-remote.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ static const char * const builtin_remote_usage[] = {
 	"git remote set-head <name> [-a | -d | <branch>]",
 	"git remote show [-n] <name>",
 	"git remote prune [-n | --dry-run] <name>",
-	"git remote [-v | --verbose] update [-p | --prune] [group]",
+	"git remote [-v | --verbose] update [-p | --prune] [group | remote]",
 	NULL
 };