diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 3783bca..96bf762 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -1472,7 +1472,7 @@
 		OPT_BOOL('e', "edit", &edit_flag, N_("force edit of commit")),
 		OPT_STRING(0, "cleanup", &cleanup_arg, N_("default"), N_("how to strip spaces and #comments from message")),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "status", &include_status, N_("include status in commit message template")),
-		{ OPTION_STRING, 'S', "gpg-sign", &sign_commit, N_("key id"),
+		{ OPTION_STRING, 'S', "gpg-sign", &sign_commit, N_("key-id"),
 		  N_("GPG sign commit"), PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, NULL, (intptr_t) "" },
 		/* end commit message options */