diff --git a/man/docker-commit.1.md b/man/docker-commit.1.md
index 329bc0c663..b17b37c6bc 100644
--- a/man/docker-commit.1.md
+++ b/man/docker-commit.1.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ docker-commit - Create a new image from a container's changes
 **docker commit**
 [**-a**|**--author**[=*AUTHOR*]]
 [**--help**]
-[**-c**|**--change**[= []**]]
+[**-c**|**--change**[=\[*DOCKERFILE INSTRUCTIONS*\]]]
 [**-m**|**--message**[=*MESSAGE*]]
 [**-p**|**--pause**[=*true*]]
 CONTAINER [REPOSITORY[:TAG]]