X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-show.txt;h=5a219ab5776c719190095ab4e9af95514a888ea3;hb=5f5dbd719d0d8ec136f32a0a56674902bd85f72f;hp=c210b9af6bb4ce09d061e24715b07cd64887d54c;hpb=1fcdd62adf81a172f45c7c6a58177212d500b9d9;p=git.git

diff --git a/Documentation/git-show.txt b/Documentation/git-show.txt
index c210b9af6..5a219ab57 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ with \--name-only).
 
 For plain blobs, it shows the plain contents.
 
+The command takes options applicable to the gitlink:git-diff-tree[1] command to
+control how the changes the commit introduces are shown.
+
 This manual page describes only the most frequently used options.
 
 
@@ -32,6 +35,8 @@ OPTIONS
 -------
 <object>::
 	The name of the object to show.
+	For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see
+	"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in gitlink:git-rev-parse[1].
 
 include::pretty-formats.txt[]
 
@@ -43,15 +48,15 @@ git show v1.0.0::
 	Shows the tag `v1.0.0`, along with the object the tags
 	points at.
 
-git show v1.0.0^{tree}::
+git show v1.0.0^\{tree\}::
 	Shows the tree pointed to by the tag `v1.0.0`.
 
-git show next~10:Documentation/README
+git show next~10:Documentation/README::
 	Shows the contents of the file `Documentation/README` as
 	they were current in the 10th last commit of the branch
 	`next`.
 
-git show master:Makefile master:t/Makefile
+git show master:Makefile master:t/Makefile::
 	Concatenates the contents of said Makefiles in the head
 	of the branch `master`.