X-Git-Url: https://git.verplant.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-commit.txt;h=e35984dfc7d5a5287ea8231b25c5c8256fb89011;hb=ffd97f3a35d8394773409f17d58156b32ca911cf;hp=8b91f221fe0ea4dacd1f373fbd90d023ddc766b3;hpb=3ae854c3567dd10055fbe12b8bd91bd2d447f55f;p=git.git

diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 8b91f221..e35984df 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ git-commit - Record your changes
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-commit' [-a] [-s] [-v] [(-c | -C) <commit> | -F <file> | -m <msg>] [-e] [--] <file>...
+[verse]
+'git-commit' [-a] [-s] [-v] [(-c | -C) <commit> | -F <file> | -m <msg>]
+	   [-e] [--] <file>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -23,7 +25,9 @@ information.
 OPTIONS
 -------
 -a|--all::
-	Update all paths in the index file.
+	Update all paths in the index file.  This flag notices
+	files that have been modified and deleted, but new files
+	you have not told about git are not affected.
 
 -c or -C <commit>::
 	Take existing commit object, and reuse the log message