diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
index 9586b972915..5870c2ce475 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL:
 		name = "Your Name"
 		email = "your@email.address.xz"
 
-A commit comment is read from stdin (max 999 chars). If a changelog
+A commit comment is read from stdin. If a changelog
 entry is not provided via "<" redirection, "git-commit-tree" will just wait
 for one to be entered and terminated with ^D.