diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
index e22dfa5803..a7f51ab4d0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 	[--msg-filter <command>] [--commit-filter <command>]
 	[--tag-name-filter <command>] [--subdirectory-filter <directory>]
 	[--original <namespace>] [-d <directory>] [-f | --force]
-	[<rev-list options>...]
+	<rev-list options>
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
diff --git a/git-filter-branch.sh b/git-filter-branch.sh
index fbb948d6fd..753bf50c6d 100755
--- a/git-filter-branch.sh
+++ b/git-filter-branch.sh
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ USAGE="[--env-filter <command>] [--tree-filter <command>] \
 [--msg-filter <command>] [--commit-filter <command>] \
 [--tag-name-filter <command>] [--subdirectory-filter <directory>] \
 [--original <namespace>] [-d <directory>] [-f | --force] \
-[<rev-list options>...]"
+<rev-list options>"
 
 OPTIONS_SPEC=
 . git-sh-setup