diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
index 0e993e4587..fbb39fbdf5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 The command takes various subcommands, and different options depending
 on the subcommand:
 
- git bisect start [--term-{old,good}=<term> --term-{new,bad}=<term>]
+ git bisect start [--term-{new,bad}=<term> --term-{old,good}=<term>]
 		  [--no-checkout] [--first-parent] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<paths>...]
  git bisect (bad|new|<term-new>) [<rev>]
  git bisect (good|old|<term-old>) [<rev>...]
diff --git a/builtin/bisect--helper.c b/builtin/bisect--helper.c
index cdda279b23..7dcc1b5188 100644
--- a/builtin/bisect--helper.c
+++ b/builtin/bisect--helper.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ static const char * const git_bisect_helper_usage[] = {
 	N_("git bisect--helper --bisect-check-and-set-terms <command> <good_term> <bad_term>"),
 	N_("git bisect--helper --bisect-next-check <good_term> <bad_term> [<term>]"),
 	N_("git bisect--helper --bisect-terms [--term-good | --term-old | --term-bad | --term-new]"),
-	N_("git bisect--helper --bisect-start [--term-{old,good}=<term> --term-{new,bad}=<term>]"
+	N_("git bisect--helper --bisect-start [--term-{new,bad}=<term> --term-{old,good}=<term>]"
 					    " [--no-checkout] [--first-parent] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<paths>...]"),
 	NULL
 };
diff --git a/git-bisect.sh b/git-bisect.sh
index c28e35b0fa..2f60fefcfa 100755
--- a/git-bisect.sh
+++ b/git-bisect.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 USAGE='[help|start|bad|good|new|old|terms|skip|next|reset|visualize|view|replay|log|run]'
 LONG_USAGE='git bisect help
 	print this long help message.
-git bisect start [--term-{old,good}=<term> --term-{new,bad}=<term>]
+git bisect start [--term-{new,bad}=<term> --term-{old,good}=<term>]
 		 [--no-checkout] [--first-parent] [<bad> [<good>...]] [--] [<pathspec>...]
 	reset bisect state and start bisection.
 git bisect (bad|new) [<rev>]