diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt
index 7f6f5b4..46544a0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-am.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt
@@ -28,14 +28,17 @@
 	supply this argument, reads from the standard input. If you supply
 	directories, they'll be treated as Maildirs.
 
--s, --signoff::
+-s::
+--signoff::
 	Add `Signed-off-by:` line to the commit message, using
 	the committer identity of yourself.
 
--k, --keep::
+-k::
+--keep::
 	Pass `-k` flag to `git-mailinfo` (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]).
 
--u, --utf8::
+-u::
+--utf8::
 	Pass `-u` flag to `git-mailinfo` (see linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]).
 	The proposed commit log message taken from the e-mail
 	is re-coded into UTF-8 encoding (configuration variable
@@ -49,13 +52,15 @@
 	Pass `-n` flag to `git-mailinfo` (see
 	linkgit:git-mailinfo[1]).
 
--3, --3way::
+-3::
+--3way::
 	When the patch does not apply cleanly, fall back on
 	3-way merge, if the patch records the identity of blobs
 	it is supposed to apply to, and we have those blobs
 	available locally.
 
--b, --binary::
+-b::
+--binary::
 	Pass `--allow-binary-replacement` flag to `git-apply`
 	(see linkgit:git-apply[1]).
 
@@ -64,19 +69,22 @@
 	program that applies
 	the patch.
 
--C<n>, -p<n>::
+-C<n>::
+-p<n>::
 	These flags are passed to the `git-apply` (see linkgit:git-apply[1])
 	program that applies
 	the patch.
 
--i, --interactive::
+-i::
+--interactive::
 	Run interactively.
 
 --skip::
 	Skip the current patch.  This is only meaningful when
 	restarting an aborted patch.
 
--r, --resolved::
+-r::
+--resolved::
 	After a patch failure (e.g. attempting to apply
 	conflicting patch), the user has applied it by hand and
 	the index file stores the result of the application.