diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index de4386bf7e..7112f94000 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git remote rename' <old> <new>
 'git remote rm' <name>
 'git remote set-head' <name> (-a | -d | <branch>)
-'git remote set-branches' <name> [--add] <branch>...
+'git remote set-branches' [--add] <name> <branch>...
 'git remote set-url' [--push] <name> <newurl> [<oldurl>]
 'git remote set-url --add' [--push] <name> <newurl>
 'git remote set-url --delete' [--push] <name> <url>
diff --git a/builtin/remote.c b/builtin/remote.c
index 06741ecde4..7f3514b708 100644
--- a/builtin/remote.c
+++ b/builtin/remote.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ static const char * const builtin_remote_usage[] = {
 	"git remote [-v | --verbose] show [-n] <name>",
 	"git remote prune [-n | --dry-run] <name>",
 	"git remote [-v | --verbose] update [-p | --prune] [group | remote]",
-	"git remote set-branches <name> [--add] <branch>...",
+	"git remote set-branches [--add] <name> <branch>...",
 	"git remote set-url <name> <newurl> [<oldurl>]",
 	"git remote set-url --add <name> <newurl>",
 	"git remote set-url --delete <name> <url>",