diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 4a4cede144cac1799db6915964ad03ca252026f0..8acc72ebb8bbe956324f730612070678a9a9e188 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -221,9 +221,12 @@ foreach [--recursive] <command>::
 	the processing to terminate. This can be overridden by adding '|| :'
 	to the end of the command.
 +
-As an example, +git submodule foreach \'echo $path {backtick}git
-rev-parse HEAD{backtick}'+ will show the path and currently checked out
-commit for each submodule.
+As an example, the command below will show the path and currently
+checked out commit for each submodule:
++
+--------------
+git submodule foreach 'echo $path `git rev-parse HEAD`'
+--------------
 
 sync [--recursive] [--] [<path>...]::
 	Synchronizes submodules' remote URL configuration setting