X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-commit-tree.txt;h=b8834baced4b25d6df47eb578c4d745d23e8cc73;hb=e80f97e20c8122f79450e1f40f569df0b52773e9;hp=feec58400b64c65c8f96f2d1834016455c89829e;hpb=fab600ce2ed086ba87499ffe3c35c46f85e7ab61;p=git.git

diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
index feec58400..b8834bace 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ This is usually not what an end user wants to run directly.  See
 linkgit:git-commit[1] instead.
 
 Creates a new commit object based on the provided tree object and
-emits the new commit object id on stdout. If no parent is given then
-it is considered to be an initial tree.
+emits the new commit object id on stdout.
 
-A commit object usually has 1 parent (a commit after a change) or up
-to 16 parents.  More than one parent represents a merge of branches
-that led to them.
+A commit object may have any number of parents. With exactly one
+parent, it is an ordinary commit. Having more than one parent makes
+the commit a merge between several lines of history. Initial (root)
+commits have no parents.
 
 While a tree represents a particular directory state of a working
 directory, a commit represents that state in "time", and explains how
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ Diagnostics
 You don't exist. Go away!::
     The passwd(5) gecos field couldn't be read
 Your parents must have hated you!::
-    The password(5) gecos field is longer than a giant static buffer.
+    The passwd(5) gecos field is longer than a giant static buffer.
 Your sysadmin must hate you!::
-    The password(5) name field is longer than a giant static buffer.
+    The passwd(5) name field is longer than a giant static buffer.
 
 Discussion
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