diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 0c32d45248..5a174bcfc5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -619,7 +619,6 @@ where:
                          contents of <old|new>,
 	<old|new>-hex:: are the 40-hexdigit SHA1 hashes,
 	<old|new>-mode:: are the octal representation of the file modes.
-
 +
 The file parameters can point at the user's working file
 (e.g. `new-file` in "git-diff-files"), `/dev/null` (e.g. `old-file`