diff --git a/Documentation/config/core.txt b/Documentation/config/core.txt
index 41e330f306..88bc799cf3 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/core.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/core.txt
@@ -707,8 +707,8 @@ core.sparseCheckout::
 core.sparseCheckoutCone::
 	Enables the "cone mode" of the sparse checkout feature. When the
 	sparse-checkout file contains a limited set of patterns, this
-	mode provides significant performance advantages. The "non
-	cone mode" can be requested to allow specifying a more flexible
+	mode provides significant performance advantages. The "non-cone
+	mode" can be requested to allow specifying more flexible
 	patterns by setting this variable to 'false'. See
 	linkgit:git-sparse-checkout[1] for more information.