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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-var.txt b/Documentation/git-var.txt
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--- a/Documentation/git-var.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-var.txt
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ git-var(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-var - Print the git users identity
+git-var - Show a git logical variable
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-var' [ -l | <variable> ]
+'git var' [ -l | <variable> ]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -17,11 +17,14 @@ Prints a git logical variable.
 OPTIONS
 -------
 -l::
-       Cause the logical variables to be listed.
+       Cause the logical variables to be listed. In addition, all the
+       variables of the git configuration file .git/config are listed
+       as well. (However, the configuration variables listing functionality
+       is deprecated in favor of 'git-config -l'.)
 
 EXAMPLE
 --------
-       $ git-var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT
+       $ git var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT
        Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@lnxi.com> 1121223278 -0600
 
 
@@ -42,10 +45,11 @@ Your parents must have hated you!::
 Your sysadmin must hate you!::
     The password(5) name field is longer than a giant static buffer.
 
-See Also
+SEE ALSO
 --------
-gitlink:git-commit-tree[1]
-gitlink:git-tag[1]
+linkgit:git-commit-tree[1]
+linkgit:git-tag[1]
+linkgit:git-config[1]
 
 Author
 ------
@@ -57,5 +61,4 @@ Documentation by Eric Biederman and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite