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diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
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@@ -43,9 +43,15 @@ people using 80-column terminals.
commit may be copied to the output.
--expand-tabs::
+--no-expand-tabs::
Perform a tab expansion (replace each tab with enough spaces
to fill to the next display column that is multiple of 8)
in the log message before showing it in the output.
++
+By default, tabs are expanded in pretty formats that indent the log
+message by 4 spaces (i.e. 'medium', which is the default, 'full',
+and 'fuller'). `--no-expand-tabs` option can be used to disable
+this.
ifndef::git-rev-list[]
--notes[=<ref>]::