diff --git a/builtin/for-each-ref.c b/builtin/for-each-ref.c
index 8b5fe7b65e..fe62f07861 100644
--- a/builtin/for-each-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/for-each-ref.c
@@ -9,12 +9,17 @@
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "strvec.h"
 
+#define COMMON_USAGE_FOR_EACH_REF \
+	"[--count=<count>] [--shell|--perl|--python|--tcl]\n" \
+	"                         [(--sort=<key>)...] [--format=<format>]\n" \
+	"                         [--include-root-refs] [--points-at=<object>]\n" \
+	"                         [--merged[=<object>]] [--no-merged[=<object>]]\n" \
+	"                         [--contains[=<object>]] [--no-contains[=<object>]]\n" \
+	"                         [(--exclude=<pattern>)...] [--start-after=<marker>]\n" \
+	"                         [ --stdin | <pattern>... ]"
+
 static char const * const for_each_ref_usage[] = {
-	N_("git for-each-ref [<options>] [<pattern>]"),
-	N_("git for-each-ref [--points-at <object>]"),
-	N_("git for-each-ref [--merged [<commit>]] [--no-merged [<commit>]]"),
-	N_("git for-each-ref [--contains [<commit>]] [--no-contains [<commit>]]"),
-	N_("git for-each-ref [--start-after <marker>]"),
+	"git for-each-ref " COMMON_USAGE_FOR_EACH_REF,
 	NULL
 };
 
diff --git a/t/t0450/adoc-help-mismatches b/t/t0450/adoc-help-mismatches
index 06b469bdee..2c6ecd5fc8 100644
--- a/t/t0450/adoc-help-mismatches
+++ b/t/t0450/adoc-help-mismatches
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ fast-export
 fast-import
 fetch-pack
 fmt-merge-msg
-for-each-ref
 format-patch
 fsck-objects
 fsmonitor--daemon