diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
index f2a9f0156d..923ffe72ce 100644
--- a/builtin/log.c
+++ b/builtin/log.c
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ static const char *fmt_patch_subject_prefix = "PATCH";
 static const char *fmt_pretty;
 
 static const char * const builtin_log_usage[] = {
-	N_("git log [<options>] [<revision range>] [[--] <path>...]\n")
-	N_("   or: git show [options] <object>..."),
+	N_("git log [<options>] [<revision range>] [[--] <path>...]"),
+	N_("git show [options] <object>..."),
 	NULL
 };