@@ -85,7+85,7 @@ When the command is invoked from a subdirectory, show the path of the top\-level
Show $GIT_DIR if defined else show the path to the \&.git directory\&.
.TP
-\-\-short, short=number
+\-\-short, \-\-short=number
Instead of outputting the full SHA1 values of object names try to abbriviate them to a shorter unique name\&. When no length is specified 7 is used\&. The minimum length is 4\&.