diff --git a/Documentation/git-notes.txt b/Documentation/git-notes.txt
index 9043274ce8..f8310e56a8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-notes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-notes.txt
@@ -179,9 +179,9 @@ OPTIONS
 --[no-]stripspace::
 	Strip leading and trailing whitespace from the note message.
 	Also strip out empty lines other than a single line between
-	paragraphs. For lines starting with `#` will be stripped out
-	in non-editor cases like "-m", "-F" and "-C", but not in
-	editor case like "git notes edit", "-c", etc.
+	paragraphs. Lines starting with `#` will be stripped out
+	in non-editor cases like `-m`, `-F` and `-C`, but not in
+	editor case like `git notes edit`, `-c`, etc.
 
 --ref <ref>::
 	Manipulate the notes tree in <ref>.  This overrides