diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
index 7872dba..191b4a4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 The command takes various subcommands, and different options depending
 on the subcommand:
 
- git bisect start [--term-{new,bad}=<term> --term-{old,good}=<term>]
+ git bisect start [--term-(new|bad)=<term-new> --term-(old|good)=<term-old>]
 		  [--no-checkout] [--first-parent] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<paths>...]
  git bisect (bad|new|<term-new>) [<rev>]
  git bisect (good|old|<term-old>) [<rev>...]
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  git bisect (visualize|view)
  git bisect replay <logfile>
  git bisect log
- git bisect run <cmd>...
+ git bisect run <cmd> [<arg>...]
  git bisect help
 
 This command uses a binary search algorithm to find which commit in
diff --git a/builtin/bisect.c b/builtin/bisect.c
index 65478ef..35938b0 100644
--- a/builtin/bisect.c
+++ b/builtin/bisect.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 static GIT_PATH_FUNC(git_path_bisect_run, "BISECT_RUN")
 
 #define BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_START_USAGE \
-	N_("git bisect start [--term-{new,bad}=<term> --term-{old,good}=<term>]" \
+	N_("git bisect start [--term-(new|bad)=<term> --term-(old|good)=<term>]" \
 	   "    [--no-checkout] [--first-parent] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--]" \
 	   "    [<pathspec>...]")
 #define BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_STATE_USAGE \
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 #define BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_LOG_USAGE \
 	"git bisect log"
 #define BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_RUN_USAGE \
-	N_("git bisect run <cmd>...")
+	N_("git bisect run <cmd> [<arg>...]")
 
 static const char * const git_bisect_usage[] = {
 	BUILTIN_GIT_BISECT_START_USAGE,