diff --git a/manual/src/git.md b/manual/src/git.md
index df795c683b..8ae5d0ee1e 100644
--- a/manual/src/git.md
+++ b/manual/src/git.md
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ equivalent to the one-off commands shown above.
 ```ini
 # `git dlog` to show `git log -p` with difftastic.
 [alias]
-        dlog = "-c diff.external=difft log -p --ext-diff"
+        dlog = -c diff.external=difft log -p --ext-diff
 ```
 
 ## Difftastic By Default