diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
index feb51f124ac8a806e65d41f6274c58de64d2991f..44e1968a1cd87ba6003e650846a45c62f07a9f5f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ discouraged.
 	considered whitespace errors.
 +
 By default, the command outputs warning messages but applies the patch.
-When `git-apply is used for statistics and not applying a
+When `git-apply` is used for statistics and not applying a
 patch, it defaults to `nowarn`.
 +
 You can use different `<action>` to control this