format-patch: format.from gives the default for --from

diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 1b15cd7b16620e588d21e1c69a01e2e5d880729e..ec41d3d698a1bcffac3b3a21489b61cc74f9d8d0 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -191,9 +191,8 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
        Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the
        specified number of commits. Implies `--single-branch` unless
        `--no-single-branch` is given to fetch the histories near the
-       tips of all branches. This implies `--shallow-submodules`. If
-       you want to have a shallow superproject clone, but full submodules,
-       also pass `--no-shallow-submodules`.
+       tips of all branches. If you want to clone submodules shallowly,
+       also pass `--shallow-submodules`.
 
 --[no-]single-branch::
        Clone only the history leading to the tip of a single branch,