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diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt
index 7f7e3d197..9639f705a 100644
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+++ b/Documentation/git-update-ref.txt
@@ -7,18 +7,18 @@ git-update-ref - Update the object name stored in a ref safely
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-update-ref' [-m <reason>] (-d <ref> <oldvalue> | [--no-deref] <ref> <newvalue> [<oldvalue>])
+'git update-ref' [-m <reason>] (-d <ref> [<oldvalue>] | [--no-deref] <ref> <newvalue> [<oldvalue>])
DESCRIPTION
-----------
Given two arguments, stores the <newvalue> in the <ref>, possibly
-dereferencing the symbolic refs. E.g. `git-update-ref HEAD
+dereferencing the symbolic refs. E.g. `git update-ref HEAD
<newvalue>` updates the current branch head to the new object.
Given three arguments, stores the <newvalue> in the <ref>,
possibly dereferencing the symbolic refs, after verifying that
the current value of the <ref> matches <oldvalue>.
-E.g. `git-update-ref refs/heads/master <newvalue> <oldvalue>`
+E.g. `git update-ref refs/heads/master <newvalue> <oldvalue>`
updates the master branch head to <newvalue> only if its current
value is <oldvalue>. You can specify 40 "0" or an empty string
as <oldvalue> to make sure that the ref you are creating does
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ the result of following the symbolic pointers.
In general, using
- git-update-ref HEAD "$head"
+ git update-ref HEAD "$head"
should be a _lot_ safer than doing
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ still contains <oldvalue>.
Logging Updates
---------------
If config parameter "core.logAllRefUpdates" is true or the file
-"$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" exists then `git-update-ref` will append
+"$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" exists then `git update-ref` will append
a line to the log file "$GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>" (dereferencing all
symbolic refs before creating the log name) describing the change
in ref value. Log lines are formatted as: