diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt
index fa4bb6cbc3e..319062c021b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-http-fetch - Download from a remote Git repository via HTTP
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git http-fetch' [-c] [-t] [-a] [-d] [-v] [-w <filename>] [--recover] [--stdin | --packfile=<hash> | <commit>] <url>
+'git http-fetch' [-c] [-t] [-a] [-d] [-v] [-w <filename>] [--recover] [--stdin | --packfile=<hash> | <commit>] <URL>
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt
index ea03a4eeb0f..78f2bb75523 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-http-push - Push objects over HTTP/DAV to another repository
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git http-push' [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--verbose] <url> <ref> [<ref>...]
+'git http-push' [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--verbose] <URL> <ref> [<ref>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index 31c29c9b31b..2bebc32566b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git remote' [-v | --verbose]
-'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--[no-]tags] [--mirror=(fetch|push)] <name> <url>
+'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--[no-]tags] [--mirror=(fetch|push)] <name> <URL>
 'git remote rename' <old> <new>
 'git remote remove' <name>
 'git remote set-head' <name> (-a | --auto | -d | --delete | <branch>)
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git remote get-url' [--push] [--all] <name>
 'git remote set-url' [--push] <name> <newurl> [<oldurl>]
 'git remote set-url --add' [--push] <name> <newurl>
-'git remote set-url --delete' [--push] <name> <url>
+'git remote set-url --delete' [--push] <name> <URL>
 'git remote' [-v | --verbose] 'show' [-n] <name>...
 'git remote prune' [-n | --dry-run] <name>...
 'git remote' [-v | --verbose] 'update' [-p | --prune] [(<group> | <remote>)...]
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ subcommands are available to perform operations on the remotes.
 'add'::
 
 Add a remote named <name> for the repository at
-<url>.  The command `git fetch <name>` can then be used to create and
+<URL>.  The command `git fetch <name>` can then be used to create and
 update remote-tracking branches <name>/<branch>.
 +
 With `-f` option, `git fetch <name>` is run immediately after
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ With `--push`, push URLs are manipulated instead of fetch URLs.
 With `--add`, instead of changing existing URLs, new URL is added.
 +
 With `--delete`, instead of changing existing URLs, all URLs matching
-regex <url> are deleted for remote <name>.  Trying to delete all
+regex <URL> are deleted for remote <name>.  Trying to delete all
 non-push URLs is an error.
 +
 Note that the push URL and the fetch URL, even though they can
diff --git a/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt
index 4d4392d0f84..fa5a4267092 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-request-pull.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-request-pull - Generates a summary of pending changes
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git request-pull' [-p] <start> <url> [<end>]
+'git request-pull' [-p] <start> <URL> [<end>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ the changes and indicates from where they can be pulled.
 The upstream project is expected to have the commit named by
 `<start>` and the output asks it to integrate the changes you made
 since that commit, up to the commit named by `<end>`, by visiting
-the repository named by `<url>`.
+the repository named by `<URL>`.
 
 
 OPTIONS
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ OPTIONS
 	Commit to start at.  This names a commit that is already in
 	the upstream history.
 
-<url>::
+<URL>::
 	The repository URL to be pulled from.
 
 <end>::
 	Commit to end at (defaults to HEAD).  This names the commit
 	at the tip of the history you are asking to be pulled.
 +
-When the repository named by `<url>` has the commit at a tip of a
+When the repository named by `<URL>` has the commit at a tip of a
 ref that is different from the ref you have locally, you can use the
 `<local>:<remote>` syntax, to have its local name, a colon `:`, and
 its remote name.
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt
index 758bf39ba38..80517b4eb2c 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ because the hostnames differ. Nor would it match `foo.example.com`; Git
 compares hostnames exactly, without considering whether two hosts are part of
 the same domain. Likewise, a config entry for `http://example.com` would not
 match: Git compares the protocols exactly.  However, you may use wildcards in
-the domain name and other pattern matching techniques as with the `http.<url>.*`
+the domain name and other pattern matching techniques as with the `http.<URL>.*`
 options.
 
 If the "pattern" URL does include a path component, then this too must match
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
 
 Options for a credential context can be configured either in
 `credential.*` (which applies to all credentials), or
-`credential.<url>.*`, where <url> matches the context as described
+`credential.<URL>.*`, where <URL> matches the context as described
 above.
 
 The following options are available in either location:
diff --git a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
index 891c8da4fdf..941858a6ecc 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitsubmodules.txt
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ Workflow for a third party library
 ----------------------------------
 
   # Add a submodule
-  git submodule add <url> <path>
+  git submodule add <URL> <path>
 
   # Occasionally update the submodule to a new version:
   git -C <path> checkout <new version>
diff --git a/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt b/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt
index 47cf97f9bea..59305265c5a 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitworkflows.txt
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ request to do so by mail.  Such a request looks like
 
 -------------------------------------
 Please pull from
-    <url> <branch>
+    <URL> <branch>
 -------------------------------------
 
 In that case, 'git pull' can do the fetch and merge in one go, as
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ follows.
 .Push/pull: Merging remote topics
 [caption="Recipe: "]
 =====================================
-`git pull <url> <branch>`
+`git pull <URL> <branch>`
 =====================================
 
 Occasionally, the maintainer may get merge conflicts when they try to
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ merge because you cannot format-patch merges):
 .format-patch/am: Keeping topics up to date
 [caption="Recipe: "]
 =====================================
-`git pull --rebase <url> <branch>`
+`git pull --rebase <URL> <branch>`
 =====================================
 
 You can then fix the conflicts during the rebase.  Presumably you have
diff --git a/Documentation/urls-remotes.txt b/Documentation/urls-remotes.txt
index bd184cd6539..86d0008f94d 100644
--- a/Documentation/urls-remotes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/urls-remotes.txt
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ config file would appear like this:
 
 ------------
 	[remote "<name>"]
-		url = <url>
+		url = <URL>
 		pushurl = <pushurl>
 		push = <refspec>
 		fetch = <refspec>
 ------------
 
 The `<pushurl>` is used for pushes only. It is optional and defaults
-to `<url>`.
+to `<URL>`.
 
 Named file in `$GIT_DIR/remotes`
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -67,10 +67,10 @@ This file should have the following format:
 
 
 ------------
-	<url>#<head>
+	<URL>#<head>
 ------------
 
-`<url>` is required; `#<head>` is optional.
+`<URL>` is required; `#<head>` is optional.
 
 Depending on the operation, git will use one of the following
 refspecs, if you don't provide one on the command line.
