diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
index 1018110ddc..c613e71ca4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ files on disk.
 	one side is omitted, it will have the same effect as
 	using HEAD instead.
 
-'git diff' [<options>] <commit> [<commit>...] <commit> [--] [<path>...]::
+'git diff' [<options>] <commit> <commit>... <commit> [--] [<path>...]::
 
 	This form is to view the results of a merge commit.  The first
 	listed <commit> must be the merge itself; the remaining two or