Merge branch 'jc/maint-branch-mergeoptions'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
index 927ecee2f26cdf0bd30457d5016b654c01a23a14..b2832fc7eb809af9865d83cdb20829354165f62e 100644 (file)
--- 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
@@ -397,15 +398,6 @@ entries:
 
 X means any state and U means an unmerged index.
 
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> and Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite