diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index 33f18ea5fb..68b0ab2410 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
@@ -124,10 +124,13 @@ This option is only applicable when listing tags without annotation lines.
 	Only list tags which contain the specified commit (HEAD if not
 	specified).
 
---[no-]merged [<commit>]::
-	Only list tags whose tips are reachable, or not reachable
-	if `--no-merged` is used, from the specified commit (`HEAD`
-	if not specified).
+--merged [<commit>]::
+	Only list tags whose tips are reachable from the specified commit
+	(`HEAD` if not specified).
+
+--no-merged [<commit>]::
+	Only list tags whose tips are not reachable from the specified
+	commit (`HEAD` if not specified).
 
 --points-at <object>::
 	Only list tags of the given object.