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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index 4b1030474..67aa497f4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@ git-rebase - Forward-port local commits to the updated upstream head
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-rebase' [-i | --interactive] [-v | --verbose] [-m | --merge]
+'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [-v | --verbose] [-m | --merge]
 	[-s <strategy> | --strategy=<strategy>]
 	[-C<n>] [ --whitespace=<option>] [-p | --preserve-merges]
 	[--onto <newbase>] <upstream> [<branch>]
-'git-rebase' --continue | --skip | --abort
+'git rebase' --continue | --skip | --abort
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-If <branch> is specified, git-rebase will perform an automatic
+If <branch> is specified, `git-rebase` will perform an automatic
 `git checkout <branch>` before doing anything else.  Otherwise
 it remains on the current branch.
 
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ Assume the following history exists and the current branch is "topic":
 From this point, the result of either of the following commands:
 
 
-    git-rebase master
-    git-rebase master topic
+    git rebase master
+    git rebase master topic
 
 would be:
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ followed by `git rebase master`.
 
 If the upstream branch already contains a change you have made (e.g.,
 because you mailed a patch which was applied upstream), then that commit
-will be skipped. For example, running `git-rebase master` on the
+will be skipped. For example, running `git rebase master` on the
 following history (in which A' and A introduce the same set of changes,
 but have different committer information):
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ got merged into more stable 'master' branch, like this:
 
 We can get this using the following command:
 
-    git-rebase --onto master next topic
+    git rebase --onto master next topic
 
 
 Another example of --onto option is to rebase part of a
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ branch.  If we have the following situation:
 
 then the command
 
-    git-rebase --onto master topicA topicB
+    git rebase --onto master topicA topicB
 
 would result in:
 
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ the following situation:
 
 then the command
 
-    git-rebase --onto topicA~5 topicA~3 topicA
+    git rebase --onto topicA~5 topicA~3 topicA
 
 would result in the removal of commits F and G:
 
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ This is useful if F and G were flawed in some way, or should not be
 part of topicA.  Note that the argument to --onto and the <upstream>
 parameter can be any valid commit-ish.
 
-In case of conflict, git-rebase will stop at the first problematic commit
-and leave conflict markers in the tree.  You can use git diff to locate
+In case of conflict, `git-rebase` will stop at the first problematic commit
+and leave conflict markers in the tree.  You can use `git-diff` to locate
 the markers (<<<<<<) and make edits to resolve the conflict.  For each
 file you edit, you need to tell git that the conflict has been resolved,
 typically this would be done with
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ desired resolution, you can continue the rebasing process with
     git rebase --continue
 
 
-Alternatively, you can undo the git-rebase with
+Alternatively, you can undo the `git-rebase` with
 
 
     git rebase --abort
@@ -213,19 +213,22 @@ OPTIONS
 --skip::
 	Restart the rebasing process by skipping the current patch.
 
--m, \--merge::
+-m::
+--merge::
 	Use merging strategies to rebase.  When the recursive (default) merge
 	strategy is used, this allows rebase to be aware of renames on the
 	upstream side.
 
--s <strategy>, \--strategy=<strategy>::
+-s <strategy>::
+--strategy=<strategy>::
 	Use the given merge strategy; can be supplied more than
 	once to specify them in the order they should be tried.
 	If there is no `-s` option, a built-in list of strategies
 	is used instead (`git-merge-recursive` when merging a single
 	head, `git-merge-octopus` otherwise).  This implies --merge.
 
--v, \--verbose::
+-v::
+--verbose::
 	Display a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last rebase.
 
 -C<n>::
@@ -238,12 +241,14 @@ OPTIONS
 	This flag is passed to the `git-apply` program
 	(see linkgit:git-apply[1]) that applies the patch.
 
--i, \--interactive::
+-i::
+--interactive::
 	Make a list of the commits which are about to be rebased.  Let the
 	user edit that list before rebasing.  This mode can also be used to
 	split commits (see SPLITTING COMMITS below).
 
--p, \--preserve-merges::
+-p::
+--preserve-merges::
 	Instead of ignoring merges, try to recreate them.  This option
 	only works in interactive mode.
 
@@ -254,16 +259,15 @@ NOTES
 When you rebase a branch, you are changing its history in a way that
 will cause problems for anyone who already has a copy of the branch
 in their repository and tries to pull updates from you.  You should
-understand the implications of using 'git rebase' on a repository that
+understand the implications of using 'git-rebase' on a repository that
 you share.
 
-When the git rebase command is run, it will first execute a "pre-rebase"
+When the git-rebase command is run, it will first execute a "pre-rebase"
 hook if one exists.  You can use this hook to do sanity checks and
 reject the rebase if it isn't appropriate.  Please see the template
 pre-rebase hook script for an example.
 
-You must be in the top directory of your project to start (or continue)
-a rebase.  Upon completion, <branch> will be the current branch.
+Upon completion, <branch> will be the current branch.
 
 INTERACTIVE MODE
 ----------------
@@ -360,34 +364,34 @@ SPLITTING COMMITS
 -----------------
 
 In interactive mode, you can mark commits with the action "edit".  However,
-this does not necessarily mean that 'git rebase' expects the result of this
+this does not necessarily mean that `git-rebase` expects the result of this
 edit to be exactly one commit.  Indeed, you can undo the commit, or you can
 add other commits.  This can be used to split a commit into two:
 
-- Start an interactive rebase with 'git rebase -i <commit>^', where
+- Start an interactive rebase with `git rebase -i <commit>^`, where
   <commit> is the commit you want to split.  In fact, any commit range
   will do, as long as it contains that commit.
 
 - Mark the commit you want to split with the action "edit".
 
-- When it comes to editing that commit, execute 'git reset HEAD^'.  The
+- When it comes to editing that commit, execute `git reset HEAD^`.  The
   effect is that the HEAD is rewound by one, and the index follows suit.
   However, the working tree stays the same.
 
 - Now add the changes to the index that you want to have in the first
-  commit.  You can use linkgit:git-add[1] (possibly interactively) and/or
-  linkgit:git-gui[1] to do that.
+  commit.  You can use `git add` (possibly interactively) or
+  `git-gui` (or both) to do that.
 
 - Commit the now-current index with whatever commit message is appropriate
   now.
 
 - Repeat the last two steps until your working tree is clean.
 
-- Continue the rebase with 'git rebase --continue'.
+- Continue the rebase with `git rebase --continue`.
 
 If you are not absolutely sure that the intermediate revisions are
 consistent (they compile, pass the testsuite, etc.) you should use
-linkgit:git-stash[1] to stash away the not-yet-committed changes
+`git-stash` to stash away the not-yet-committed changes
 after each commit, test, and amend the commit if fixes are necessary.
 
 
@@ -402,4 +406,4 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite