From: Valentin Haenel <valentin.haenel@gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 19:58:18 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: git-reset.txt: better docs for '--patch'
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git-reset.txt: better docs for '--patch'

Describe '-p' as a short form of '--patch' in synopsis. Also include a better
explanation of this option and additionally refer the reader to the patch mode
description of git-add documentation.

Helped-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Mentored-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Valentin Haenel <valentin.haenel@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
index 8481f9db7..b2832fc7e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>...
-'git reset' --patch [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...]
+'git reset' [--patch|-p] [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...]
 'git reset' [--soft | --mixed | --hard | --merge | --keep] [-q] [<commit>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ working tree in one go.
 	and <commit> (defaults to HEAD).  The chosen hunks are applied
 	in reverse to the index.
 +
-This means that `git reset -p` is the opposite of `git add -p` (see
-linkgit:git-add[1]).
+This means that `git reset -p` is the opposite of `git add -p`, i.e.
+you can use it to selectively reset hunks. See the ``Interactive Mode''
+section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `\--patch` mode.
 
 'git reset' [--<mode>] [<commit>]::
 	This form resets the current branch head to <commit> and