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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 227f092e2..14e58f386 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git-clone' [--template=<template_directory>]
 	  [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare]
 	  [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
-	  [--depth <depth>] <repository> [<directory>]
+	  [--depth <depth>] [--] <repository> [<directory>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ OPTIONS
 	automatically setup .git/objects/info/alternates to
 	obtain objects from the reference repository.  Using
 	an already existing repository as an alternate will
-	require less objects to be copied from the repository
+	require fewer objects to be copied from the repository
 	being cloned, reducing network and local storage costs.
 
 --quiet::
@@ -111,11 +111,11 @@ OPTIONS
 
 --depth <depth>::
 	Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the
-	specified number of revs.  A shallow repository has
+	specified number of revisions.  A shallow repository has a
 	number of limitations (you cannot clone or fetch from
 	it, nor push from nor into it), but is adequate if you
-	want to only look at near the tip of a large project
-	with a long history, and would want to send in a fixes
+	are only interested in the recent history of a large project
+	with a long history, and would want to send in fixes
 	as patches.
 
 <repository>::