X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-annotate.txt;h=0590eec0566cf9f318ddd1ac27d10bb989b2c52f;hb=a94982ef39e1bb9a6f782b5b6ced22e97d6859b5;hp=02dc4740d0a5f129d46c116eb9aabeec85af02fa;hpb=7468c297fa88f0035dc719e996b93b1404eee6e3;p=git.git

diff --git a/Documentation/git-annotate.txt b/Documentation/git-annotate.txt
index 02dc4740d..0590eec05 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-annotate.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-annotate.txt
@@ -3,16 +3,21 @@ git-annotate(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-annotate - Annotate file lines with commit info
+git-annotate - Annotate file lines with commit information
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-git-annotate [options] file [revision]
+'git annotate' [options] file [revision]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 Annotates each line in the given file with information from the commit
-which introduced the line. Optionally annotate from a given revision.
+which introduced the line. Optionally annotates from a given revision.
+
+The only difference between this command and linkgit:git-blame[1] is that
+they use slightly different output formats, and this command exists only
+for backward compatibility to support existing scripts, and provide a more
+familiar command name for people coming from other SCM systems.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
@@ -20,7 +25,7 @@ include::blame-options.txt[]
 
 SEE ALSO
 --------
-gitlink:git-blame[1]
+linkgit:git-blame[1]
 
 AUTHOR
 ------
@@ -28,4 +33,4 @@ Written by Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com>.
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite