diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt
index afcf33cf60..a2bee2ea24 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ for reading but not for writing (so we'll never write through a
 ref symlink to some other tree, if you have copied a whole
 archive by creating a symlink tree).
 
-With `-d` flag, it deletes the named <ref> after verifying it
+With `-d`, it deletes the named <ref> after verifying that it
 still contains <old-oid>.
 
 With `--stdin`, update-ref reads instructions from standard input and