diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 6e43eb9c20..0c07720c6f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ or `--mirror` is given)
 	The result is Git repository can be separated from working
 	tree.
 
---ref-format=<ref-format::
+--ref-format=<ref-format>::
 
 Specify the given ref storage format for the repository. The valid values are:
 +