diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 3383aca9af..e5efbc9a4e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ git-add - Add file contents to the index
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-add' [-n] [-v] [-f] [--interactive | -i] [-u] [--refresh] [--] <file>...
+[verse]
+'git-add' [-n] [-v] [-f] [--interactive | -i] [-u] [--refresh]
+          [--] <filepattern>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ commit.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
-<file>...::
+<filepattern>...::
 	Files to add content from.  Fileglobs (e.g. `*.c`) can
 	be given to add all matching files.  Also a
 	leading directory name (e.g. `dir` to add `dir/file1`
diff --git a/builtin-add.c b/builtin-add.c
index 3dd4ded937..b08e68831a 100644
--- a/builtin-add.c
+++ b/builtin-add.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include "revision.h"
 
 static const char builtin_add_usage[] =
-"git-add [-n] [-v] [-f] [--interactive | -i] [-u] [--] <filepattern>...";
+"git-add [-n] [-v] [-f] [--interactive | -i] [-u] [--refresh] [--] <filepattern>...";
 
 static int take_worktree_changes;
 static const char *excludes_file;