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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-format.txt b/Documentation/diff-format.txt
index d1d0d2d3..0398b408 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-format.txt
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ git-diff-index <tree-ish>::
         compares the <tree-ish> and the files on the filesystem.
 
 git-diff-index --cached <tree-ish>::
-        compares the <tree-ish> and the cache.
+        compares the <tree-ish> and the index.
 
 git-diff-tree [-r] <tree-ish-1> <tree-ish-2> [<pattern>...]::
         compares the trees named by the two arguments.
 
 git-diff-files [<pattern>...]::
-        compares the cache and the files on the filesystem.
+        compares the index and the files on the filesystem.
 
 
 An output line is formatted this way:
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ That is, from the left to the right:
 . an LF or a NUL when '-z' option is used, to terminate the record.
 
 <sha1> is shown as all 0's if a file is new on the filesystem
-and it is out of sync with the cache.
+and it is out of sync with the index.
 
 Example:
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ The "diff" formatting options can be customized via the
 environment variable 'GIT_DIFF_OPTS'.  For example, if you
 prefer context diff:
 
-      GIT_DIFF_OPTS=-c git-diff-index -p $(cat .git/HEAD)
+      GIT_DIFF_OPTS=-c git-diff-index -p HEAD
 
 
 2. When the environment variable 'GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF' is set, the
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ where:
 The file parameters can point at the user's working file
 (e.g. `new-file` in "git-diff-files"), `/dev/null` (e.g. `old-file`
 when a new file is added), or a temporary file (e.g. `old-file` in the
-cache).  'GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF' should not worry about unlinking the
+index).  'GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF' should not worry about unlinking the
 temporary file --- it is removed when 'GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF' exits.
 
 For a path that is unmerged, 'GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF' is called with 1
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ git specific extension to diff format
 What -p option produces is slightly different from the
 traditional diff format.
 
-1.   It is preceeded with a "git diff" header, that looks like
+1.   It is preceded with a "git diff" header, that looks like
      this:
 
      diff --git a/file1 b/file2