It should be <path>... and not <paths>... in this: git bisect start [--term-(new|bad)=<term-new> --term-(old|good)=<term-old>] [--no-checkout] [--first-parent] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<paths>...] This is worth fixing not only for consistency but because path is mentioned in the subsequent text and paths is not. Britton