diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index be2f10b70b..90761f1694 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ include::line-range-format.txt[]
 	Simplification' below for details and other simplification
 	modes.
 +
-Paths may need to be prefixed with ``\-- '' to separate them from
+Paths may need to be prefixed with `--` to separate them from
 options or the revision range, when confusion arises.
 
 include::rev-list-options.txt[]
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ EXAMPLES
 `git log --since="2 weeks ago" -- gitk`::
 
 	Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'.
-	The ``--'' is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
+	The `--` is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
 	'gitk'
 
 `git log --name-status release..test`::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
index 00a22152a2..bc80905a8a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ them.
 	Consider only commits that are enough to explain how the files
 	that match the specified paths came to be.
 +
-Paths may need to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from
+Paths may need to be prefixed with `--` to separate them from
 options or the revision range, when confusion arises.
 
 MAPPING AUTHORS