diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index b09dcc415..93d20f8a2 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ file such that it contained the given content either before or after the
 commit.  You can find out with this:
 
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-$  git log --raw --abbrev=40 --pretty=oneline -- filename |
+$  git log --raw --abbrev=40 --pretty=oneline |
 	grep -B 1 `git hash-object filename`
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