Documentation: git fmt-merge-msg does not have to be a script

[git.git] / Documentation / git-merge.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index f7be5846a67de1a3215bad3d7b9c263705cd1bba..ac9f17a11ed0456205f3fa1c72f48906bb16eb25 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git merge' [-n] [--stat] [--no-commit] [--squash] [-s <strategy>]...
-       [-m <msg>] <remote> <remote>...
+       [-m <msg>] <remote>...
 'git merge' <msg> HEAD <remote>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ OPTIONS
 include::merge-options.txt[]
 
 -m <msg>::
-       The commit message to be used for the merge commit (in case
-       it is created). The 'git-fmt-merge-msg' script can be used
-       to give a good default for automated 'git-merge' invocations.
+       Set the commit message to be used for the merge commit (in
+       case one is created). The 'git fmt-merge-msg' command can be
+       used to give a good default for automated 'git merge'
+       invocations.
 
 <remote>...::
        Other branch heads to merge into our branch.  You need at
@@ -40,8 +41,8 @@ include::merge-options.txt[]
 include::merge-strategies.txt[]
 
 
-If you tried a merge which resulted in a complex conflicts and
-would want to start over, you can recover with 'git-reset'.
+If you tried a merge which resulted in complex conflicts and
+want to start over, you can recover with 'git-reset'.
 
 CONFIGURATION
 -------------
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ And here is another line that is cleanly resolved or unmodified.
 ------------
 
 The area where a pair of conflicting changes happened is marked with markers
-"`<<<<<<<`", "`=======`", and "`>>>>>>>`".  The part before the "`=======`"
+`<<<<<<<`, `=======`, and `>>>>>>>`.  The part before the `=======`
 is typically your side, and the part afterwards is typically their side.
 
 The default format does not show what the original said in the conflicting
@@ -173,8 +174,8 @@ Git makes conflict resolution easy.
 And here is another line that is cleanly resolved or unmodified.
 ------------
 
-In addition to the "`<<<<<<<`", "`=======`", and "`>>>>>>>`" markers, it uses
-another "`|||||||`" marker that is followed by the original text.  You can
+In addition to the `<<<<<<<`, `=======`, and `>>>>>>>` markers, it uses
+another `|||||||` marker that is followed by the original text.  You can
 tell that the original just stated a fact, and your side simply gave in to
 that statement and gave up, while the other side tried to have a more
 positive attitude.  You can sometimes come up with a better resolution by