diff --git a/builtin/diff.c b/builtin/diff.c
index fa4683377e..bb7fafca61 100644
--- a/builtin/diff.c
+++ b/builtin/diff.c
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ static const char builtin_diff_usage[] =
 "git diff [<options>] [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]\n"
 "   or: git diff [<options>] --cached [--merge-base] [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]\n"
 "   or: git diff [<options>] [--merge-base] <commit> [<commit>...] <commit> [--] [<path>...]\n"
-"   or: git diff [<options>] <commit>...<commit>] [--] [<path>...]\n"
-"   or: git diff [<options>] <blob> <blob>]\n"
-"   or: git diff [<options>] --no-index [--] <path> <path>]\n"
+"   or: git diff [<options>] <commit>...<commit> [--] [<path>...]\n"
+"   or: git diff [<options>] <blob> <blob>\n"
+"   or: git diff [<options>] --no-index [--] <path> <path>\n"
 COMMON_DIFF_OPTIONS_HELP;
 
 static const char *blob_path(struct object_array_entry *entry)