diff --git a/builtin/for-each-ref.c b/builtin/for-each-ref.c
index df41fa0350..1a5ed20f59 100644
--- a/builtin/for-each-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/for-each-ref.c
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 static char const * const for_each_ref_usage[] = {
 	N_("git for-each-ref [<options>] [<pattern>]"),
 	N_("git for-each-ref [--points-at <object>]"),
-	N_("git for-each-ref [(--merged | --no-merged) [<object>]]"),
-	N_("git for-each-ref [--contains [<object>]]"),
+	N_("git for-each-ref [(--merged | --no-merged) [<commit>]]"),
+	N_("git for-each-ref [--contains [<commit>]]"),
 	NULL
 };