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diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
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@@ -5,10 +5,18 @@
        'full', 'fuller', 'email', 'raw' and 'format:<string>'.
        When left out the format default to 'medium'.
 
+--abbrev-commit::
+       Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal commit object
+       name, show only handful hexdigits prefix.  Non default number of
+       digits can be specified with "--abbrev=<n>" (which also modifies
+       diff output, if it is displayed).
++
+This should make "--pretty=oneline" a whole lot more readable for
+people using 80-column terminals.
+
 --encoding[=<encoding>]::
        The commit objects record the encoding used for the log message
        in their encoding header; this option can be used to tell the
        command to re-code the commit log message in the encoding
        preferred by the user.  For non plumbing commands this
        defaults to UTF-8.
-