Documentation/diff-options: reword description of --submodule option

[git.git] / Documentation / diff-options.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index e26b84706f8f29de26036ceec691e8cd6aac4661..286d84da40c9bd89a2407923bf6522fb9ae6d324 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -88,11 +88,12 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
        of the `--diff-filter` option on what the status letters mean.
 
 --submodule[=<format>]::
-       Chose the output format for submodule differences. <format> can be one of
-       'short' and 'log'. 'short' just shows pairs of commit names, this format
-       is used when this option is not given. 'log' is the default value for this
-       option and lists the commits in that commit range like the 'summary'
-       option of linkgit:git-submodule[1] does.
+       Specify how differences in submodules are shown.  When `--submodule`
+       or `--submodule=log` is given, the 'log' format is used.  This format lists
+       the commits in the range like linkgit:git-submodule[1] `summary` does.
+       Omitting the `--submodule` option or specifying `--submodule=short`,
+       uses the 'short' format. This format just shows the names of the commits
+       at the beginning and end of the range.
 
 --color::
        Show colored diff.