diff --git a/Documentation/git-clean.txt b/Documentation/git-clean.txt
index d5587cdd84..2000b4d75c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-clean - Remove untracked files from the working tree
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git clean' [-d] [-f] [-i] [-n] [-q] [-e <pattern>] [-x | -X] [--] <pathspec>...
+'git clean' [-d] [-f] [-i] [-n] [-q] [-e <pattern>] [-x | -X] [--] [<pathspec>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
diff --git a/builtin/clean.c b/builtin/clean.c
index 6f039f555b..40ff2c578d 100644
--- a/builtin/clean.c
+++ b/builtin/clean.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ static struct string_list del_list = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
 static unsigned int colopts;
 
 static const char *const builtin_clean_usage[] = {
-	N_("git clean [-d] [-f] [-i] [-n] [-q] [-e <pattern>] [-x | -X] [--] <pathspec>..."),
+	N_("git clean [-d] [-f] [-i] [-n] [-q] [-e <pattern>] [-x | -X] [--] [<pathspec>...]"),
 	NULL
 };
 
diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index fcf9c85947..21ad4ccbf8 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static const char * const builtin_commit_usage[] = {
 };
 
 static const char * const builtin_status_usage[] = {
-	N_("git status [<options>] [--] <pathspec>..."),
+	N_("git status [<options>] [--] [<pathspec>...]"),
 	NULL
 };