diff --git a/diff-tree.c b/diff-tree.c
index 1186c5ce6d690766f586f320889da9d78d2404b9..c689c61c6865f2c66eacdd75e23ef1626eed6f7f 100644
--- a/diff-tree.c
+++ b/diff-tree.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ static int diff_tree_sha1(const unsigned char *old, const unsigned char *new, co
 	return retval;
 }
 
-static char *diff_tree_usage = "diff-tree [-r] [-z] <tree sha1> <tree sha1>";
+static char *diff_tree_usage = "diff-tree [-p] [-r] [-z] <tree sha1> <tree sha1>";
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {