Doc: fix misleading asciidoc formating

diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
index 5e35ea18acd790469735400644358af9843b6c99..bc80905a8a06b5121e2c33c83844301a8212c28c 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-shortlog - Summarize 'git log' output
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git shortlog' [<options>] [<revision range>] [[\--] <path>...]
+'git shortlog' [<options>] [<revision range>] [[--] <path>...]
 git log --pretty=short | 'git shortlog' [<options>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@ them.
        ways to spell <revision range>, see the "Specifying Ranges"
        section of linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
 
-[\--] <path>...::
+[--] <path>...::
        Consider only commits that are enough to explain how the files
        that match the specified paths came to be.
 +
-Paths may need to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from
+Paths may need to be prefixed with `--` to separate them from
 options or the revision range, when confusion arises.
 
 MAPPING AUTHORS