diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
index b10ea60833..51c7d07208 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 	     [ --regexp-ignore-case | -i ]
 	     [ --extended-regexp | -E ]
 	     [ --fixed-strings | -F ]
-	     [ --date=(local|relative|default|iso|iso-strict|rfc|short) ]
+	     [ --date=<format>]
 	     [ [ --objects | --objects-edge | --objects-edge-aggressive ]
 	       [ --unpacked ] ]
 	     [ --pretty | --header ]
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index a9b808fab3..14c4cce60f 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ include::pretty-options.txt[]
 --relative-date::
 	Synonym for `--date=relative`.
 
---date=(relative|local|default|iso|iso-strict|rfc|short|raw)::
+--date=<format>::
 	Only takes effect for dates shown in human-readable format, such
 	as when using `--pretty`. `log.date` config variable sets a default
 	value for the log command's `--date` option.