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diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
index b64cd6a8..a794192d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-commit-tree - Creates a new commit object
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-commit-tree' <tree> [-p <parent commit>]\   < changelog
+'git-commit-tree' <tree> [-p <parent commit>]\* < changelog
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ to get there.
 
 Normally a commit would identify a new "HEAD" state, and while git
 doesn't care where you save the note about that state, in practice we
-tend to just write the result to the file `.git/HEAD`, so that we can
-always see what the last committed state was.
+tend to just write the result to the file that is pointed at by
+`.git/HEAD`, so that we can always see what the last committed
+state was.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------