diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
index 41bb7e12e3d89e4876a60ea7733cffcaf09cd6ed..0e0a3af1beca8d39d8e963636d18482f39cab011 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
@@ -216,8 +216,8 @@ $ git ls-files -s
 ------------
 
 
-Using "assume unchanged" bit
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+Using ``assume unchanged'' bit
+------------------------------
 
 Many operations in git depend on your filesystem to have an
 efficient `lstat(2)` implementation, so that `st_mtime`