diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
index b9bfdc0a31..7567955bad 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-read-tree - Reads tree information into the index
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git read-tree' [[-m [--trivial] [--aggressive] | --reset | --prefix=<prefix>]
+'git read-tree' [(-m [--trivial] [--aggressive] | --reset | --prefix=<prefix>)
 		[-u | -i]] [--index-output=<file>] [--no-sparse-checkout]
 		(--empty | <tree-ish1> [<tree-ish2> [<tree-ish3>]])
 
diff --git a/builtin/read-tree.c b/builtin/read-tree.c
index b3a389e1b1..f4cbe460b9 100644
--- a/builtin/read-tree.c
+++ b/builtin/read-tree.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static int list_tree(struct object_id *oid)
 
 static const char * const read_tree_usage[] = {
 	N_("git read-tree [(-m [--trivial] [--aggressive] | --reset | --prefix=<prefix>)\n"
-	   "              [-u | -i]] [--no-sparse-checkout] [--index-output=<file>]\n"
+	   "              [-u | -i]] [--index-output=<file>] [--no-sparse-checkout]\n"
 	   "              (--empty | <tree-ish1> [<tree-ish2> [<tree-ish3>]])"),
 	NULL
 };