diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
index ad38f7f39d..105a31a088 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-archive - Create an archive of files from a named tree
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git archive' --format=<fmt> [--list] [--prefix=<prefix>/] [<extra>]
+'git archive' [--format=<fmt>] [--list] [--prefix=<prefix>/] [<extra>]
 	      [--remote=<repo> [--exec=<git-upload-archive>]] <tree-ish>
 	      [path...]