diff --git a/Documentation/git-show.txt b/Documentation/git-show.txt
index 2b1bc7288d..03c0634518 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ with --name-only).
 
 For plain blobs, it shows the plain contents.
 
-The command takes options applicable to the 'git diff-tree' command to
+Some options that 'git log' command understands can be used to
 control how the changes the commit introduces are shown.
 
 This manual page describes only the most frequently used options.