diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt
index e0c71623432..595b002152f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ git-send-pack - Push objects over Git protocol to another repository
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git send-pack' [--dry-run] [--force] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>]
+'git send-pack' [--mirror] [--dry-run] [--force]
+		[--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>]
 		[--verbose] [--thin] [--atomic]
 		[--[no-]signed | --signed=(true|false|if-asked)]
 		[<host>:]<directory> (--all | <ref>...)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
index 872436d7426..68392d2a56e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-sparse-checkout - Reduce your working tree to a subset of tracked files
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git sparse-checkout' <subcommand> [<options>]
+'git sparse-checkout' (init | list | set | add | reapply | disable) [<options>]
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt b/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt
index 969bb2e15f1..17e429dbd09 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-server-info.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-update-server-info - Update auxiliary info file to help dumb servers
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git update-server-info'
+'git update-server-info' [-f | --force]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ $GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY/info directories to help clients discover
 what references and packs the server has.  This command
 generates such auxiliary files.
 
+OPTIONS
+-------
+-f::
+--force::
+	update the info files from scratch.
+
 OUTPUT
 ------
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-verify-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-verify-commit.txt
index 92097f6673d..aee4c40eac4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-verify-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-verify-commit.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-verify-commit - Check the GPG signature of commits
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git verify-commit' <commit>...
+'git verify-commit' [-v | --verbose] [--raw] <commit>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt
index 0b8075dad96..81d50ecc4c6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-verify-tag.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-verify-tag - Check the GPG signature of tags
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git verify-tag' [--format=<format>] <tag>...
+'git verify-tag' [-v | --verbose] [--format=<format>] [--raw] <tag>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
diff --git a/builtin/credential-cache--daemon.c b/builtin/credential-cache--daemon.c
index ca672a6a619..d4eb0097d24 100644
--- a/builtin/credential-cache--daemon.c
+++ b/builtin/credential-cache--daemon.c
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ int cmd_credential_cache_daemon(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	const char *socket_path;
 	int ignore_sighup = 0;
 	static const char *usage[] = {
-		"git-credential-cache--daemon [opts] <socket-path>",
+		"git-credential-cache--daemon [--debug] <socket-path>",
 		NULL
 	};
 	int debug = 0;
diff --git a/builtin/describe.c b/builtin/describe.c
index e17c4b4c69b..23e3f05fb10 100644
--- a/builtin/describe.c
+++ b/builtin/describe.c
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@
 define_commit_slab(commit_names, struct commit_name *);
 
 static const char * const describe_usage[] = {
-	N_("git describe [<options>] [<commit-ish>...]"),
-	N_("git describe [<options>] --dirty"),
+	N_("git describe [--all] [--tags] [--contains] [--abbrev=<n>] [<commit-ish>...]"),
+	N_("git describe [--all] [--tags] [--contains] [--abbrev=<n>] --dirty[=<mark>]"),
+	N_("git describe <blob>"),
 	NULL
 };
 
diff --git a/builtin/diff-index.c b/builtin/diff-index.c
index e667cf52e7d..aea139b9d8f 100644
--- a/builtin/diff-index.c
+++ b/builtin/diff-index.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include "submodule.h"
 
 static const char diff_cache_usage[] =
-"git diff-index [-m] [--cached] "
+"git diff-index [-m] [--cached] [--merge-base] "
 "[<common-diff-options>] <tree-ish> [<path>...]"
 "\n"
 COMMON_DIFF_OPTIONS_HELP;
diff --git a/builtin/ls-remote.c b/builtin/ls-remote.c
index df44e5cc0d1..5d5ac038716 100644
--- a/builtin/ls-remote.c
+++ b/builtin/ls-remote.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 static const char * const ls_remote_usage[] = {
 	N_("git ls-remote [--heads] [--tags] [--refs] [--upload-pack=<exec>]\n"
-	   "              [-q | --quiet] [--exit-code] [--get-url]\n"
+	   "              [-q | --quiet] [--exit-code] [--get-url] [--sort=<key>]\n"
 	   "              [--symref] [<repository> [<refs>...]]"),
 	NULL
 };
diff --git a/builtin/pack-refs.c b/builtin/pack-refs.c
index cfbd5c36c76..27c2ca06acb 100644
--- a/builtin/pack-refs.c
+++ b/builtin/pack-refs.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include "repository.h"
 
 static char const * const pack_refs_usage[] = {
-	N_("git pack-refs [<options>]"),
+	N_("git pack-refs [--all] [--no-prune]"),
 	NULL
 };
 
diff --git a/builtin/revert.c b/builtin/revert.c
index ee2a0807f01..ee32c714a76 100644
--- a/builtin/revert.c
+++ b/builtin/revert.c
@@ -21,14 +21,15 @@
  */
 
 static const char * const revert_usage[] = {
-	N_("git revert [<options>] <commit-ish>..."),
-	N_("git revert <subcommand>"),
+	N_("git revert [--[no-]edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-S[<keyid>]] <commit>..."),
+	N_("git revert (--continue | --skip | --abort | --quit)"),
 	NULL
 };
 
 static const char * const cherry_pick_usage[] = {
-	N_("git cherry-pick [<options>] <commit-ish>..."),
-	N_("git cherry-pick <subcommand>"),
+	N_("git cherry-pick [--edit] [-n] [-m <parent-number>] [-s] [-x] [--ff]\n"
+	   "                [-S[<keyid>]] <commit>..."),
+	N_("git cherry-pick (--continue | --skip | --abort | --quit)"),
 	NULL
 };
 
diff --git a/builtin/send-pack.c b/builtin/send-pack.c
index 64962be0168..4c5d125fa0a 100644
--- a/builtin/send-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/send-pack.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ static const char * const send_pack_usage[] = {
 	N_("git send-pack [--mirror] [--dry-run] [--force]\n"
 	   "              [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>]\n"
 	   "              [--verbose] [--thin] [--atomic]\n"
+	   "              [--[no-]signed | --signed=(true|false|if-asked)]\n"
 	   "              [<host>:]<directory> (--all | <ref>...)"),
 	NULL,
 };
diff --git a/builtin/symbolic-ref.c b/builtin/symbolic-ref.c
index 1b0f10225f0..50b6df78df0 100644
--- a/builtin/symbolic-ref.c
+++ b/builtin/symbolic-ref.c
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
 #include "parse-options.h"
 
 static const char * const git_symbolic_ref_usage[] = {
-	N_("git symbolic-ref [<options>] <name> [<ref>]"),
-	N_("git symbolic-ref -d [-q] <name>"),
+	N_("git symbolic-ref [-m <reason>] <name> <ref>"),
+	N_("git symbolic-ref [-q] [--short] <name>"),
+	N_("git symbolic-ref --delete [-q] <name>"),
 	NULL
 };
 
diff --git a/builtin/tag.c b/builtin/tag.c
index 75dece0e4f1..d428c45dc8d 100644
--- a/builtin/tag.c
+++ b/builtin/tag.c
@@ -23,11 +23,13 @@
 #include "date.h"
 
 static const char * const git_tag_usage[] = {
-	N_("git tag [-a | -s | -u <key-id>] [-f] [-m <msg> | -F <file>]\n"
-	   "        <tagname> [<head>]"),
+	N_("git tag [-a | -s | -u <key-id>] [-f] [-m <msg> | -F <file>] [-e]\n"
+	   "        <tagname> [<commit> | <object>]"),
 	N_("git tag -d <tagname>..."),
-	N_("git tag -l [-n[<num>]] [--contains <commit>] [--no-contains <commit>] [--points-at <object>]\n"
-	   "        [--format=<format>] [--merged <commit>] [--no-merged <commit>] [<pattern>...]"),
+	N_("git tag [-n[<num>]] -l [--contains <commit>] [--no-contains <commit>]\n"
+	   "        [--points-at <object>] [--column[=<options>] | --no-column]\n"
+	   "        [--create-reflog] [--sort=<key>] [--format=<format>]\n"
+	   "        [--merged <commit>] [--no-merged <commit>] [<pattern>...]"),
 	N_("git tag -v [--format=<format>] <tagname>..."),
 	NULL
 };
diff --git a/builtin/update-server-info.c b/builtin/update-server-info.c
index 880fffec587..d2239c9ef4d 100644
--- a/builtin/update-server-info.c
+++ b/builtin/update-server-info.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include "parse-options.h"
 
 static const char * const update_server_info_usage[] = {
-	"git update-server-info [--force]",
+	"git update-server-info [-f | --force]",
 	NULL
 };
 
diff --git a/builtin/upload-pack.c b/builtin/upload-pack.c
index 125af53885f..25b69da2bf2 100644
--- a/builtin/upload-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/upload-pack.c
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 #include "serve.h"
 
 static const char * const upload_pack_usage[] = {
-	N_("git upload-pack [<options>] <dir>"),
+	N_("git-upload-pack [--[no-]strict] [--timeout=<n>] [--stateless-rpc]\n"
+	   "                [--advertise-refs] <directory>"),
 	NULL
 };
 
diff --git a/builtin/verify-commit.c b/builtin/verify-commit.c
index 40c69a0bedd..3ebad32b0f1 100644
--- a/builtin/verify-commit.c
+++ b/builtin/verify-commit.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include "gpg-interface.h"
 
 static const char * const verify_commit_usage[] = {
-		N_("git verify-commit [-v | --verbose] <commit>..."),
+		N_("git verify-commit [-v | --verbose] [--raw] <commit>..."),
 		NULL
 };
 
diff --git a/builtin/verify-tag.c b/builtin/verify-tag.c
index f45136a06ba..217566952d8 100644
--- a/builtin/verify-tag.c
+++ b/builtin/verify-tag.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include "ref-filter.h"
 
 static const char * const verify_tag_usage[] = {
-		N_("git verify-tag [-v | --verbose] [--format=<format>] <tag>..."),
+		N_("git verify-tag [-v | --verbose] [--format=<format>] [--raw] <tag>..."),
 		NULL
 };
 
diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index d04542d8261..f1e090a4428 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ int cmd_version(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 	int build_options = 0;
 	const char * const usage[] = {
-		N_("git version [<options>]"),
+		N_("git version [--build-options]"),
 		NULL
 	};
 	struct option options[] = {
