diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 894b82d6be2..3c9192a6cfd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ For each commit a separate file is created in the current directory.
 project:
 +
 ------------
-$ git format-patch \--root origin
+$ git format-patch --root origin
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 * The same as the previous one: