git-log.txt,rev-list-options.txt: -n/--max-count is commit limiting

[git.git] / Documentation / rev-list-options.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index 9c47ad885bd7565b45b9ac4e5e4a0798653d75e8..46b7e64c8b0d00278686d69bb358c1874291cb48 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ Commit Limiting
 
 Besides specifying a range of commits that should be listed using the
 special notations explained in the description, additional commit
-limiting may be applied.
+limiting may be applied. Note that they are applied before commit
+ordering and formatting options, such as '--reverse'.
 
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