diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-merge-tree.txt
index 88ee942101..ffc4fbf7e8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge-tree.txt
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ This is an integer status followed by a NUL character.  The integer status is:
 
      0: merge had conflicts
      1: merge was clean
-     <0: something prevented the merge from running (e.g. access to repository
+     <0: something prevented the merge from running (e.g. access to repository
 	 objects denied by filesystem)
 
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