diff --git a/builtin/cat-file.c b/builtin/cat-file.c
index 2dfe6265f7..560f6c2cc7 100644
--- a/builtin/cat-file.c
+++ b/builtin/cat-file.c
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ static int batch_objects(struct batch_options *opt)
 }
 
 static const char * const cat_file_usage[] = {
-	N_("git cat-file (-t [--allow-unknown-type]|-s [--allow-unknown-type]|-e|-p|<type>|--textconv) <object>"),
+	N_("git cat-file (-t [--allow-unknown-type] | -s [--allow-unknown-type] | -e | -p | <type> | --textconv) <object>"),
 	N_("git cat-file (--batch | --batch-check) [--follow-symlinks]"),
 	NULL
 };