diff --git a/Documentation/git-blame.txt b/Documentation/git-blame.txt
index ba5417567c4..16323eb80e3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-blame.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-blame.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 [verse]
 'git blame' [-c] [-b] [-l] [--root] [-t] [-f] [-n] [-s] [-e] [-p] [-w] [--incremental]
 	    [-L <range>] [-S <revs-file>] [-M] [-C] [-C] [-C] [--since=<date>]
-	    [--progress] [--abbrev=<n>] [<rev> | --contents <file> | --reverse <rev>]
+	    [--progress] [--abbrev=<n>] [<rev> | --contents <file> | --reverse <rev>..<rev>]
 	    [--] <file>
 
 DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/builtin/blame.c b/builtin/blame.c
index 21f42b0b62b..a027b8a6075 100644
--- a/builtin/blame.c
+++ b/builtin/blame.c
@@ -2466,14 +2466,14 @@ static char *prepare_initial(struct scoreboard *sb)
 		if (obj->type != OBJ_COMMIT)
 			die("Non commit %s?", revs->pending.objects[i].name);
 		if (sb->final)
-			die("More than one commit to dig down to %s and %s?",
+			die("More than one commit to dig up from, %s and %s?",
 			    revs->pending.objects[i].name,
 			    final_commit_name);
 		sb->final = (struct commit *) obj;
 		final_commit_name = revs->pending.objects[i].name;
 	}
 	if (!final_commit_name)
-		die("No commit to dig down to?");
+		die("No commit to dig up from?");
 	return xstrdup(final_commit_name);
 }