diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 973d7a81d4..cc8f895032 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ date)", like this:
 	noticed that ...
 ....
 
-The "Copy commit summary" command of gitk can be used to obtain this
+The "Copy commit reference" command of gitk can be used to obtain this
 format (with the subject enclosed in a pair of double-quotes), or this
 invocation of `git show`: