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diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt
index ea03a4eeb0..7c6a6dd7f6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-http-push - Push objects over HTTP/DAV to another repository
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git http-push' [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--verbose] <url> <ref> [<ref>...]
+'git http-push' [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--verbose] <URL> <ref> [<ref>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -63,16 +63,15 @@ of such patterns separated by a colon ":" (this means that a ref name
cannot have a colon in it). A single pattern '<name>' is just a
shorthand for '<name>:<name>'.
-Each pattern pair consists of the source side (before the colon)
-and the destination side (after the colon). The ref to be
-pushed is determined by finding a match that matches the source
-side, and where it is pushed is determined by using the
-destination side.
+Each pattern pair '<src>:<dst>' consists of the source side (before
+the colon) and the destination side (after the colon). The ref to be
+pushed is determined by finding a match that matches the source side,
+and where it is pushed is determined by using the destination side.
- - It is an error if <src> does not match exactly one of the
+ - It is an error if '<src>' does not match exactly one of the
local refs.
- - If <dst> does not match any remote ref, either
+ - If '<dst>' does not match any remote ref, either
* it has to start with "refs/"; <dst> is used as the
destination literally in this case.