diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
index cbbc2345491841bc04f9d4dbffc61d1a896b3a48..a0c611e744310ddb28e460a0a83975fbc2fd3e33 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
@@ -298,8 +298,8 @@ used in the output.  When the starting commit is specified as
 'commit@{now}', output also uses 'commit@\{timestamp}' notation
 instead.  Under '\--pretty=oneline', the commit message is
 prefixed with this information on the same line.
-+
-Cannot be combined with --reverse.
+
+Cannot be combined with '\--reverse'.
 
 --merge::
 
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ By default, the commits are shown in reverse chronological order.
 --reverse::
 
 	Output the commits in reverse order.
-	Cannot be combined with --walk-reflogs.
+	Cannot be combined with '\--walk-reflogs'.
 
 Object Traversal
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