diff --git a/llvm/lib/Target/X86/MCTargetDesc/X86AsmBackend.cpp b/llvm/lib/Target/X86/MCTargetDesc/X86AsmBackend.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Target/X86/MCTargetDesc/X86AsmBackend.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Target/X86/MCTargetDesc/X86AsmBackend.cpp
@@ -86,12 +86,14 @@
 cl::opt<X86AlignBranchKind, true, cl::parser<std::string>> X86AlignBranch(
     "x86-align-branch",
     cl::desc(
-        "Specify types of branches to align. The branches's types are "
-        "combination of jcc, fused, jmp, call, ret, indirect. jcc indicates "
-        "conditional jumps, fused indicates fused conditional jumps, jmp "
-        "indicates unconditional jumps, call indicates direct and indirect "
-        "calls, ret indicates rets, indirect indicates indirect jumps."),
-    cl::value_desc("(plus separated list of types)"),
+        "Specify types of branches to align (plus separated list of types):"
+             "\njcc      indicates conditional jumps"
+             "\nfused    indicates fused conditional jumps"
+             "\njmp      indicates direct unconditional jumps"
+             "\ncall     indicates direct and indirect calls"
+             "\nret      indicates rets"
+             "\nindirect indicates indirect unconditional jumps"),
+    cl::value_desc("jcc, fused, jmp, call, ret, indirect"),
     cl::location(X86AlignBranchKindLoc));
 
 cl::opt<bool> X86AlignBranchWithin32BBoundaries(