diff --git a/Documentation/gitcli.txt b/Documentation/gitcli.txt
index 1672842318..24e1784023 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitcli.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitcli.txt
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ the paths in the index that match the pattern to be checked out to your
 working tree.  After running `git add hello.c; rm hello.c`, you will _not_
 see `hello.c` in your working tree with the former, but with the latter
 you will.
-+
-Just as the filesystem '.' (period) refers to the current directory,
-using a '.' as a repository name in Git (a dot-repository) is a relative
-path for your current repository.
+
+ * Just as the filesystem '.' (period) refers to the current directory,
+   using a '.' as a repository name in Git (a dot-repository) is a relative
+   path and means your current repository.
 
 Here are the rules regarding the "flags" that you should follow when you are
 scripting Git: