Merge branch 'jh/fetch-head-update'

[git.git] / Documentation / git-read-tree.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
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--- a/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-read-tree.txt
@@ -83,11 +83,10 @@ OPTIONS
 
 --prefix=<prefix>/::
        Keep the current index contents, and read the contents
-       of the named tree-ish under the directory at `<prefix>`. The
-       original index file cannot have anything at the path
-       `<prefix>` itself, nor anything in the `<prefix>/`
-       directory.  Note that the `<prefix>/` value must end
-       with a slash.
+       of the named tree-ish under the directory at `<prefix>`.
+       The command will refuse to overwrite entries that already
+       existed in the original index file. Note that the `<prefix>/`
+       value must end with a slash.
 
 --exclude-per-directory=<gitignore>::
        When running the command with `-u` and `-m` options, the