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diff --git a/Documentation/hooks.txt b/Documentation/hooks.txt
index ca0efeec..4ad1920e 100644
--- a/Documentation/hooks.txt
+++ b/Documentation/hooks.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-Hooks used by GIT
+Hooks used by git
 =================
-v0.99.6, Sep 2005
 
 Hooks are little scripts you can place in `$GIT_DIR/hooks`
 directory to trigger action at certain points.  When
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ pre-commit
 ----------
 
 This hook is invoked by `git-commit`, and can be bypassed
-with `--no-verify` option.  It takes no parameter, and is
+with `\--no-verify` option.  It takes no parameter, and is
 invoked before obtaining the proposed commit log message and
 making a commit.  Exiting with non-zero status from this script
 causes the `git-commit` to abort.
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ commit-msg
 ----------
 
 This hook is invoked by `git-commit`, and can be bypassed
-with `--no-verify` option.  It takes a single parameter, the
+with `\--no-verify` option.  It takes a single parameter, the
 name of the file that holds the proposed commit log message.
 Exiting with non-zero status causes the `git-commit` to
 abort.
@@ -112,6 +111,10 @@ Another use suggested on the mailing list is to use this hook to
 implement access control which is finer grained than the one
 based on filesystem group.
 
+The standard output of this hook is sent to /dev/null; if you
+want to report something to the git-send-pack on the other end,
+you can redirect your output to your stderr.
+
 post-update
 -----------
 
@@ -126,3 +129,7 @@ the outcome of `git-receive-pack`.
 The default post-update hook, when enabled, runs
 `git-update-server-info` to keep the information used by dumb
 transport up-to-date.
+
+The standard output of this hook is sent to /dev/null; if you
+want to report something to the git-send-pack on the other end,
+you can redirect your output to your stderr.