X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-clone.txt;h=b14de6c407b8bd0bc001c608ca4f26fc619abf3e;hb=4197195bee15f120e99d797b22108fd274235fd7;hp=4072f40d7ae5417c51d1cddcf587b674aa1dc0e5;hpb=87d2062b3984af5347519c38877b99bce06e6e8d;p=git.git

diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 4072f40d7..b14de6c40 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ then the cloned repository will become corrupt.
 	part of the source repository is used if no directory is
 	explicitly given ("repo" for "/path/to/repo.git" and "foo"
 	for "host.xz:foo/.git").  Cloning into an existing directory
-	is not allowed.
+	is only allowed if the directory is empty.
 
 :git-clone: 1
 include::urls.txt[]