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diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 7951cb7b0..5cc84a139 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ When recording your own work, the contents of modified files in
 your working tree are temporarily stored to a staging area
 called the "index" with 'git add'.  A file can be
 reverted back, only in the index but not in the working tree,
-to that of the last commit with `git reset HEAD -- <file>`,
+to that of the last commit with `git reset HEAD \-- <file>`,
 which effectively reverts 'git add' and prevents the changes to
 this file from participating in the next commit.  After building
 the state to be committed incrementally with these commands,