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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-log.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-rev-list.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/githooks.txt6
3 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 0446bad7e..93a2a227c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-log - Show commit logs
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git log' <option>...
+'git log' [<options>] [<since>..<until>] [[\--] <path>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -57,8 +57,11 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown
its size is not included.
-<path>...::
- Show only commits that affect any of the specified paths.
+[\--] <path>...::
+ Show only commits that affect any of the specified paths. To
+ prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need
+ to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or
+ refnames.
include::rev-list-options.txt[]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
index fd1de92e3..1c9cc2889 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ SYNOPSIS
[ \--cherry-pick ]
[ \--encoding[=<encoding>] ]
[ \--(author|committer|grep)=<pattern> ]
- [ \--regexp-ignore-case | \-i ]
- [ \--extended-regexp | \-E ]
- [ \--fixed-strings | \-F ]
+ [ \--regexp-ignore-case | -i ]
+ [ \--extended-regexp | -E ]
+ [ \--fixed-strings | -F ]
[ \--date={local|relative|default|iso|rfc|short} ]
[ [\--objects | \--objects-edge] [ \--unpacked ] ]
[ \--pretty | \--header ]
diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt
index 046a2a7fe..7fefdb1f4 100644
--- a/Documentation/githooks.txt
+++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ default log message, and before the editor is started.
It takes one to three parameters. The first is the name of the file
that the commit log message. The second is the source of the commit
-message, and can be: `message` (if a `\-m` or `\-F` option was
-given); `template` (if a `\-t` option was given or the
+message, and can be: `message` (if a `-m` or `-F` option was
+given); `template` (if a `-t` option was given or the
configuration option `commit.template` is set); `merge` (if the
commit is a merge or a `.git/MERGE_MSG` file exists); `squash`
(if a `.git/SQUASH_MSG` file exists); or `commit`, followed by
-a commit SHA1 (if a `\-c`, `\-C` or `\--amend` option was given).
+a commit SHA1 (if a `-c`, `-C` or `\--amend` option was given).
If the exit status is non-zero, 'git-commit' will abort.