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@@ -154,10 +154,13 @@ EXAMPLES
 --------
 When recording your own work, the contents of modified files in
 your working tree are temporarily stored to a staging area
-called the "index" with gitlink:git-add[1].  Removal
-of a file is staged with gitlink:git-rm[1].  After building the
-state to be committed incrementally with these commands, `git
-commit` (without any pathname parameter) is used to record what
+called the "index" with gitlink:git-add[1].  A file can be
+reverted back, only in the index but not in the working tree,
+to that of the last commit with `git-reset HEAD -- <file>`,
+which effectively reverts `git-add` and prevents the changes to
+this file from participating in the next commit.  After building
+the state to be committed incrementally with these commands,
+`git commit` (without any pathname parameter) is used to record what
 has been staged so far.  This is the most basic form of the
 command.  An example: