diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 8dcb19156..17901e244 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ color.ui::
 	terminal. When more specific variables of color.* are set, they always
 	take precedence over this setting. Defaults to false.
 
-commit.status
+commit.status::
 	A boolean to enable/disable inclusion of status information in the
 	commit message template when using an editor to prepare the commit
 	message.  Defaults to true.