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diff --git a/Documentation/tutorial.txt b/Documentation/tutorial.txt
index 66680d76..fa79b016 100644
--- a/Documentation/tutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/tutorial.txt
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ git diff HEAD^^ HEAD^
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 shows the difference between that previous state and the state two
-commits ago.  Also, HEAD~5 can be used as a shorthand for HEAD^^^^^,
+commits ago.  Also, HEAD~5 can be used as a shorthand for HEAD{caret}{caret}{caret}{caret}{caret},
 and more generally HEAD~n can refer to the nth previous commit.
 Commits representing merges have more than one parent, and you can
 specify which parent to follow in that case; see