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diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
index 7d515be0f..973d8dd73 100644
--- a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
 --pretty[='<format>']::
 
-	Pretty print the contents of the commit logs in a given format,
+	Pretty-print the contents of the commit logs in a given format,
 	where '<format>' can be one of 'oneline', 'short', 'medium',
 	'full', 'fuller', 'email', 'raw' and 'format:<string>'.
-	When left out the format default to 'medium'.
+	When omitted, the format defaults to 'medium'.
+
+--abbrev-commit::
+	Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal commit object
+	name, show only handful hexdigits prefix.  Non default number of
+	digits can be specified with "--abbrev=<n>" (which also modifies
+	diff output, if it is displayed).
++
+This should make "--pretty=oneline" a whole lot more readable for
+people using 80-column terminals.
 
 --encoding[=<encoding>]::
 	The commit objects record the encoding used for the log message
@@ -11,4 +20,3 @@
 	command to re-code the commit log message in the encoding
 	preferred by the user.  For non plumbing commands this
 	defaults to UTF-8.
-