X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-cat-file.txt;h=075c0d05efca85c2357e09aa640aa4b7f0305419;hb=50cfde14531a5b354bbc3a070fe39c1ee86e2915;hp=7e90ce91bc4732a2f68e6ac2433f24d8cd3ecd62;hpb=c3f0baacadbd7b5710052213a2ec3cdd5b77bb6e;p=git.git

diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
index 7e90ce91b..075c0d05e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ or '-s' is used to find the object size.
 OPTIONS
 -------
 <object>::
-	The sha1 identifier of the object.
+	The name of the object to show.
+	For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see
+	"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in gitlink:git-rev-parse[1].
 
 -t::
 	Instead of the content, show the object type identified by