Clarify and correct -z

diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 0446bad7e589c06c97bb9274e9edd4b343ef9e55..3d79de11ec36d0212610a4bec68789bdeec6c1fe 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-log - Show commit logs
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git log' <option>...
+'git log' [<options>] [<since>..<until>] [[\--] <path>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -37,8 +37,16 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
        and <until>, see "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in
        linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
 
---decorate::
-       Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown.
+--decorate[=short|full]::
+       Print out the ref names of any commits that are shown. If 'short' is
+       specified, the ref name prefixes 'refs/heads/', 'refs/tags/' and
+       'refs/remotes/' will not be printed. If 'full' is specified, the
+       full ref name (including prefix) will be printed. The default option
+       is 'short'.
+
+--source::
+       Print out the ref name given on the command line by which each
+       commit was reached.
 
 --full-diff::
        Without this flag, "git log -p <path>..." shows commits that
@@ -57,8 +65,11 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
        Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown
        its size is not included.
 
-<path>...::
-       Show only commits that affect any of the specified paths.
+[\--] <path>...::
+       Show only commits that affect any of the specified paths. To
+       prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need
+       to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or
+       refnames.
 
 
 include::rev-list-options.txt[]