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diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
index 895f7336..b64cd6a8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 git-commit-tree(1)
 ==================
-v0.1, May 2005
 
 NAME
 ----
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ OPTIONS
 	An existing tree object
 
 -p <parent commit>::
-	Each '-p' indicates a the id of a parent commit object.
+	Each '-p' indicates the id of a parent commit object.
 	
 
 Commit Information
@@ -49,8 +48,8 @@ A commit encapsulates:
 - committer name and email and the commit time.
 
 If not provided, "git-commit-tree" uses your name, hostname and domain to
-provide author and committer info. This can be overridden using the
-following environment variables.
+provide author and committer info. This can be overridden by
+either `.git/config` file, or using the following environment variables.
 
 	GIT_AUTHOR_NAME
 	GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL
@@ -60,10 +59,17 @@ following environment variables.
 
 (nb "<", ">" and "\n"s are stripped)
 
+In `.git/config` file, the following items are used:
+
+	[user]
+		name = "Your Name"
+		email = "your@email.address.xz"
+
 A commit comment is read from stdin (max 999 chars). If a changelog
 entry is not provided via "<" redirection, "git-commit-tree" will just wait
 for one to be entered and terminated with ^D.
 
+
 Diagnostics
 -----------
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