diff --git a/src/borg/archiver.py b/src/borg/archiver.py
index 8bcb6a7d9..42afde8fe 100644
--- a/src/borg/archiver.py
+++ b/src/borg/archiver.py
@@ -3444,16 +3444,15 @@ class Archiver:
         the state after creation. Also, the ``--stats`` and ``--dry-run`` options are mutually
         exclusive because the data is not actually compressed and deduplicated during a dry run.
 
-        See the output of the "borg help patterns" command for more help on exclude patterns.
+        For more help on include/exclude patterns, see the ``borg help patterns`` command output.
 
-        See the output of the "borg help placeholders" command for more help on placeholders.
+        For more help on placeholders, see the ``borg help placeholders`` command output.
 
         .. man NOTES
 
         The ``--exclude`` patterns are not like tar. In tar ``--exclude`` .bundler/gems will
         exclude foo/.bundler/gems. In borg it will not, you need to use ``--exclude``
-        '\\*/.bundler/gems' to get the same effect. See ``borg help patterns`` for
-        more information.
+        '\\*/.bundler/gems' to get the same effect.
 
         In addition to using ``--exclude`` patterns, it is possible to use
         ``--exclude-if-present`` to specify the name of a filesystem object (e.g. a file
@@ -3631,7 +3630,7 @@ class Archiver:
         by passing a list of ``PATHs`` as arguments. The file selection can further
         be restricted by using the ``--exclude`` option.
 
-        See the output of the "borg help patterns" command for more help on exclude patterns.
+        For more help on include/exclude patterns, see the ``borg help patterns`` command output.
 
         By using ``--dry-run``, you can do all extraction steps except actually writing the
         output data: reading metadata and data chunks from the repo, checking the hash/hmac,
@@ -3708,7 +3707,7 @@ class Archiver:
         can be selected by passing a list of ``PATHs`` as arguments.
         The file selection can further be restricted by using the ``--exclude`` option.
 
-        See the output of the "borg help patterns" command for more help on exclude patterns.
+        For more help on include/exclude patterns, see the ``borg help patterns`` command output.
 
         ``--progress`` can be slower than no progress display, since it makes one additional
         pass over the archive metadata.
@@ -3748,7 +3747,7 @@ class Archiver:
             pass ``--same-chunker-params``.
             Note that the chunker params changed from Borg 0.xx to 1.0.
 
-            See the output of the "borg help patterns" command for more help on exclude patterns.
+            For more help on include/exclude patterns, see the ``borg help patterns`` command output.
             """)
         subparser = subparsers.add_parser('diff', parents=[common_parser], add_help=False,
                                           description=self.do_diff.__doc__,
@@ -3830,7 +3829,7 @@ class Archiver:
         list_epilog = process_epilog("""
         This command lists the contents of a repository or an archive.
 
-        See the "borg help patterns" command for more help on exclude patterns.
+        For more help on include/exclude patterns, see the ``borg help patterns`` command output.
 
         .. man NOTES