diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 532703a674167c225fef88c7235a59d2d6d151b3..2187eee4164038346ed7a3ae32f563aeb74f23f7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ git-commit - Record changes to the repository
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-commit' [-a] [-s] [-v] [(-c | -C) <commit> | -F <file> | -m <msg>]
-	   [--no-verify] [--amend] [-e] [--author <author>]
+'git-commit' [-a] [-s] [-v] [(-c | -C) <commit> | -F <file> | -m <msg> |
+	    --amend] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author <author>]
 	   [--] [[-i | -o ]<file>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/git-commit.sh b/git-commit.sh
index 6f4dcdbcccd4355a01218db7de3081e91bba102c..d8c236b24039a20c9490d86e96bba39edddde7c9 100755
--- a/git-commit.sh
+++ b/git-commit.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2005 Linus Torvalds
 # Copyright (c) 2006 Junio C Hamano
 
-USAGE='[-a] [-s] [-v] [--no-verify] [-m <message> | -F <logfile> | (-C|-c) <commit>] [-u] [--amend] [-e] [--author <author>] [[-i | -o] <path>...]'
+USAGE='[-a] [-s] [-v] [--no-verify] [-m <message> | -F <logfile> | (-C|-c) <commit> | --amend] [-u] [-e] [--author <author>] [[-i | -o] <path>...]'
 SUBDIRECTORY_OK=Yes
 . git-sh-setup
 require_work_tree
@@ -284,9 +284,9 @@ esac
 
 case "$log_given" in
 tt*)
-	die "Only one of -c/-C/-F can be used." ;;
+	die "Only one of -c/-C/-F/--amend can be used." ;;
 *tm*|*mt*)
-	die "Option -m cannot be combined with -c/-C/-F." ;;
+	die "Option -m cannot be combined with -c/-C/-F/--amend." ;;
 esac
 
 case "$#,$also,$only,$amend" in