diff --git a/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt b/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt
index 6f1e269ae4..83e99192e1 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitremote-helpers.txt
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ set by Git if the remote helper has the 'option' capability.
 'option pushcert' {'true'|'false'}::
 	GPG sign pushes.
 
-'option push-option <string>::
+'option push-option' <string>::
 	Transmit <string> as a push option. As the push option
 	must not contain LF or NUL characters, the string is not encoded.