diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt
index 1978dbdc6a..4643ddbe68 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-export.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-fast-export - Git data exporter
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git fast-export [<options>]' | 'git fast-import'
+'git fast-export' [<options>] | 'git fast-import'
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
index 3776705bf5..872436d742 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-sparse-checkout - Reduce your working tree to a subset of tracked files
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git sparse-checkout <subcommand> [<options>]'
+'git sparse-checkout' <subcommand> [<options>]
 
 
 DESCRIPTION