Merge branch 'cp/add-u-pathspec'

[git.git] / Documentation / git-write-tree.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt
index 8744f6535d4c411b620e1504c92a04791f0246df..bfceacacb34262b73507a87fa23995d1183a3edc 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-write-tree.txt
@@ -8,25 +8,26 @@ git-write-tree - Create a tree object from the current index
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-write-tree' [--missing-ok] [--prefix=<prefix>/]
+'git write-tree' [--missing-ok] [--prefix=<prefix>/]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-Creates a tree object using the current index.
+Creates a tree object using the current index. The name of the new
+tree object is printed to standard output.
 
 The index must be in a fully merged state.
 
-Conceptually, `git-write-tree` sync()s the current index contents
+Conceptually, 'git write-tree' sync()s the current index contents
 into a set of tree files.
 In order to have that match what is actually in your directory right
-now, you need to have done a `git-update-index` phase before you did the
-`git-write-tree`.
+now, you need to have done a 'git update-index' phase before you did the
+'git write-tree'.
 
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
 --missing-ok::
-       Normally `git-write-tree` ensures that the objects referenced by the
+       Normally 'git write-tree' ensures that the objects referenced by the
        directory exist in the object database.  This option disables this
        check.