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        lines.
 
 --dirstat[=limit]::
-       Output only the sub-directories that are impacted by a diff,
-       and to what degree they are impacted.  You can override the
-       default cut-off in percent (3) by "--dirstat=limit".  If you
-       want to enable "cumulative" directory statistics, you can use
-       the "--cumulative" flag, which adds up percentages recursively
-       even when they have been already reported for a sub-directory.
+       Output the distribution of relative amount of changes (number of lines added or
+       removed) for each sub-directory. Directories with changes below
+       a cut-off percent (3% by default) are not shown. The cut-off percent
+       can be set with "--dirstat=limit". Changes in a child directory is not
+       counted for the parent directory, unless "--cumulative" is used.
+
+--dirstat-by-file[=limit]::
+       Same as --dirstat, but counts changed files instead of lines.
 
 --summary::
        Output a condensed summary of extended header information