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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-reset.txt9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
index 58d9b4c06..645f0c174 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
@@ -53,9 +53,12 @@ OPTIONS
and the current commit in the working tree.
--keep::
- Resets the index to match the tree recorded by the named commit,
- but keep changes in the working tree. Aborts if the reset would
- change files that are already modified in the working tree.
+ Reset the index to the given commit, keeping local changes in
+ the working tree since the current commit, while updating
+ working tree files without local changes to what appears in
+ the given commit. If a file that is different between the
+ current commit and the given commit has local changes, reset
+ is aborted.
-p::
--patch::