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diff --git a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt
index 89bc9c51ea13630f6556b12637ce8b1cc483d2fd..f9bba36c2309d5b4a9587d0f4a406cf57fcd8348 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-reflog.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reflog.txt
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ The command takes various subcommands, and different options
 depending on the subcommand:
 
 [verse]
-git reflog expire [--dry-run] [--stale-fix]
+git reflog expire [--dry-run] [--stale-fix] [--verbose]
        [--expire=<time>] [--expire-unreachable=<time>] [--all] <refs>...
 
-git reflog [show] [log-options]
+git reflog [show] [log-options] [<ref>]
 
 Reflog is a mechanism to record when the tip of branches are
 updated.  This command is to manage the information recorded in it.
@@ -28,12 +28,20 @@ The subcommand "expire" is used to prune older reflog entries.
 Entries older than `expire` time, or entries older than
 `expire-unreachable` time and are not reachable from the current
 tip, are removed from the reflog.  This is typically not used
-directly by the end users -- instead, see gitlink:git-gc[1].
+directly by the end users -- instead, see linkgit:git-gc[1].
 
-The subcommand "show" (which is also the default, in the absense of any
+The subcommand "show" (which is also the default, in the absence of any
 subcommands) will take all the normal log options, and show the log of
-the current branch. It is basically an alias for 'git log -g --abbrev-commit
---pretty=oneline', see gitlink:git-log[1].
+the reference provided in the command-line (or `HEAD`, by default).
+The reflog will cover all recent actions (HEAD reflog records branch switching
+as well).  It is an alias for 'git log -g --abbrev-commit --pretty=oneline';
+see linkgit:git-log[1].
+
+The reflog is useful in various git commands, to specify the old value
+of a reference. For example, `HEAD@\{2\}` means "where HEAD used to be
+two moves ago", `master@\{one.week.ago\}` means "where master used to
+point to one week ago", and so on. See linkgit:git-rev-parse[1] for
+more details.
 
 
 OPTIONS
@@ -67,6 +75,9 @@ them.
 --all::
        Instead of listing <refs> explicitly, prune all refs.
 
+--verbose::
+       Print extra information on screen.
+
 Author
 ------
 Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
@@ -77,4 +88,4 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite