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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-fast-import.txt4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
index aff3fba19..e204ea1b3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
@@ -226,8 +226,8 @@ The time of the change is specified by `<time>` as the number of
seconds since the UNIX epoc (midnight, Jan 1, 1970, UTC) and is
written in base-10 notation using US-ASCII digits. The committer's
timezone is specified by `<tz>` as a positive or negative offset
-from UTC, in minutes. For example EST would be expressed in `<tz>`
-by ``-0500''.
+from UTC. For example EST (which is typically 5 hours behind GMT)
+would be expressed in `<tz>` by ``-0500'' while GMT is ``+0000''.
`from`
^^^^^^