send-email: automatic envelope sender

[git.git] / Documentation / git-send-email.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index 767cf4d4bdcdfbb6e76b3680b0e89af2186d632a..118c902e7a802ad0cc43f6ae2120a447bc55d70b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -108,9 +108,10 @@ Sending
 --envelope-sender=<address>::
        Specify the envelope sender used to send the emails.
        This is useful if your default address is not the address that is
-       subscribed to a list. If you use the sendmail binary, you must have
-       suitable privileges for the -f parameter. Default is the value of
-       the 'sendemail.envelopesender' configuration variable; if that is
+       subscribed to a list. In order to use the 'From' address, set the
+       value to "auto". If you use the sendmail binary, you must have
+       suitable privileges for the -f parameter.  Default is the value of the
+       'sendemail.envelopesender' configuration variable; if that is
        unspecified, choosing the envelope sender is left to your MTA.
 
 --smtp-encryption=<encryption>::