diff --git a/pages/common/git-tag.md b/pages/common/git-tag.md
index b683543ff..2bf53b726 100644
--- a/pages/common/git-tag.md
+++ b/pages/common/git-tag.md
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@
 
 `git fetch --tags`
 
-- List tags that contain a given commit:
+- List all tags whose ancestors include a given commit:
 
 `git tag --contains {{commit}}`