Merge branch 'jk/add-e-doc'

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index c2325ef90e336a37df42eb7f71f95e3581c83127..d43416d299a7c028a88e8ddce89536c2c64e65c9 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -58,9 +58,14 @@ include::merge-options.txt[]
 
 -m <msg>::
        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.
+       case one is created).
++
+If `--log` is specified, a shortlog of the commits being merged
+will be appended to the specified message.
++
+The 'git fmt-merge-msg' command can be
+used to give a good default for automated 'git merge'
+invocations.
 
 --rerere-autoupdate::
 --no-rerere-autoupdate::