diff --git a/rebase-interactive.c b/rebase-interactive.c
index 87649d0c01..22394224fa 100644
--- a/rebase-interactive.c
+++ b/rebase-interactive.c
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ void append_todo_help(int command_count,
 "l, label <label> = label current HEAD with a name\n"
 "t, reset <label> = reset HEAD to a label\n"
 "m, merge [-C <commit> | -c <commit>] <label> [# <oneline>]\n"
-".       create a merge commit using the original merge commit's\n"
-".       message (or the oneline, if no original merge commit was\n"
-".       specified); use -c <commit> to reword the commit message\n"
+"        create a merge commit using the original merge commit's\n"
+"        message (or the oneline, if no original merge commit was\n"
+"        specified); use -c <commit> to reword the commit message\n"
 "\n"
 "These lines can be re-ordered; they are executed from top to bottom.\n");
 	unsigned edit_todo = !(shortrevisions && shortonto);