diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
index d7329eb4c..78b9808aa 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-describe - Show the most recent tag that is reachable from a commit
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
+[verse]
 'git describe' [--all] [--tags] [--contains] [--abbrev=<n>] <committish>...
 'git describe' [--all] [--tags] [--contains] [--abbrev=<n>] --dirty[=<mark>]