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diff --git a/git-cherry b/git-cherry
index e18636364..fe8c1090e 100755
--- a/git-cherry
+++ b/git-cherry
@@ -14,19 +14,9 @@ usage="usage: $0 "'[-v] <upstream> [<head>]
Each commit between the fork-point and <head> is examined, and
compared against the change each commit between the fork-point and
-<upstream> introduces. If the change does not seem to be in the
-upstream, it is shown on the standard output.
-
-The output is intended to be used as:
-
- OLD_HEAD=$(git-rev-parse HEAD)
- git-rev-parse upstream >${GIT_DIR-.}/HEAD
- git-cherry upstream $OLD_HEAD |
- while read commit
- do
- GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF=git-apply-patch-script git-diff-tree -p "$commit" &&
- git-commit-script -C "$commit"
- done
+<upstream> introduces. If the change seems to be in the upstream,
+it is shown on the standard output with prefix "+". Otherwise
+it is shown with prefix "-".
'
case "$1" in -v) verbose=t; shift ;; esac