diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 1f906208f9514180fe9f20293ab28ce8180b5357..585dac40baabbee291f43a6e7c59c36340286e43 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ each commit introduces are shown.
 OPTIONS
 -------
 
--<n>::
-	Limits the number of commits to show.
-	Note that this is a commit limiting option, see below.
-
 <since>..<until>::
 	Show only commits between the named two commits.  When
 	either <since> or <until> is omitted, it defaults to
@@ -137,6 +133,8 @@ Examples
 	This makes sense only when following a strict policy of merging all
 	topic branches when staying on a single integration branch.
 
+`git log -3`::
+	Limits the number of commits to show to 3.
 
 Discussion
 ----------
diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index 5436eba6e761716cfeaee2683566137736497791..918c1109f263c667264c9961c118d549795eab9d 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ ordering and formatting options, such as '--reverse'.
 
 --
 
--n 'number'::
+-<number>::
+-n <number>::
 --max-count=<number>::
 
 	Limit the number of commits to output.