diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index 52247aa7134..4fabb8e2a9e 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ Obviously, endless variations are possible; for example, to see all
 commits reachable from some head but not from any tag in the repository:
 
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-$ gitk ($ git show-ref --heads ) --not  $( git show-ref --tags )
+$ gitk $( git show-ref --heads ) --not  $( git show-ref --tags )
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 (See gitlink:git-rev-parse[1] for explanations of commit-selecting