diff --git a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt
index 72f5bdb652..b5284c3d33 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-interpret-trailers.txt
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ OPTIONS
 	and applies to all '--trailer' options until the next occurrence of
 	'--where' or '--no-where'. Upon encountering '--no-where', clear the
 	effect of any previous use of '--where', such that the relevant configuration
-	variables are no longer overridden. Possible values are `after`,
+	variables are no longer overridden. Possible placements are `after`,
 	`before`, `end` or `start`.
 
 --if-exists <action>::
diff --git a/builtin/interpret-trailers.c b/builtin/interpret-trailers.c
index c5e8345265..cf4f703c4e 100644
--- a/builtin/interpret-trailers.c
+++ b/builtin/interpret-trailers.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ int cmd_interpret_trailers(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "in-place", &opts.in_place, N_("edit files in place")),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "trim-empty", &opts.trim_empty, N_("trim empty trailers")),
 
-		OPT_CALLBACK(0, "where", NULL, N_("action"),
+		OPT_CALLBACK(0, "where", NULL, N_("placement"),
 			     N_("where to place the new trailer"), option_parse_where),
 		OPT_CALLBACK(0, "if-exists", NULL, N_("action"),
 			     N_("action if trailer already exists"), option_parse_if_exists),