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diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index de5c0d37a..249fc878e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-log - Show commit logs
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
+[verse]
 'git log' [<options>] [<since>..<until>] [[\--] <path>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -68,10 +69,13 @@ produced by --stat etc.
 	its size is not included.
 
 [\--] <path>...::
-	Show only commits that affect any of the specified paths. To
-	prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need
-	to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or
-	refnames.
+	Show only commits that are enough to explain how the files
+	that match the specified paths came to be.  See "History
+	Simplification" below for details and other simplification
+	modes.
++
+To prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need to
+be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or refnames.
 
 include::rev-list-options.txt[]
 
@@ -87,45 +91,45 @@ include::diff-generate-patch.txt[]
 
 Examples
 --------
-git log --no-merges::
+`git log --no-merges`::
 
 	Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges
 
-git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi::
+`git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi`::
 
 	Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file
 	in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
 
-git log --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk::
+`git log --since="2 weeks ago" \-- gitk`::
 
 	Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'.
 	The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
 	'gitk'
 
-git log --name-status release..test::
+`git log --name-status release..test`::
 
 	Show the commits that are in the "test" branch but not yet
 	in the "release" branch, along with the list of paths
 	each commit modifies.
 
-git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c::
+`git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c`::
 
 	Shows the commits that changed builtin-rev-list.c, including
 	those commits that occurred before the file was given its
 	present name.
 
-git log --branches --not --remotes=origin::
+`git log --branches --not --remotes=origin`::
 
 	Shows all commits that are in any of local branches but not in
 	any of remote-tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that
 	origin doesn't).
 
-git log master --not --remotes=*/master::
+`git log master --not --remotes=*/master`::
 
 	Shows all commits that are in local master but not in any remote
 	repository master branches.
 
-git log -p -m --first-parent::
+`git log -p -m --first-parent`::
 
 	Shows the history including change diffs, but only from the
 	"main branch" perspective, skipping commits that come from merged