diff --no-index: clarify operation when not inside a repository

diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 9576695581cd75a21fa8b27a2a7e128b83893388..a5e96073c85b3d497b440b3edd6127f8438a6fd1 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ produced by --stat etc.
        Simplification" below for details and other simplification
        modes.
 +
-To prevent confusion with options and branch names, paths may need to
-be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or refnames.
+Paths may need to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from
+options or the revision range, when confusion arises.
 
 include::rev-list-options.txt[]
 
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ Examples
        in the "release" branch, along with the list of paths
        each commit modifies.
 
-`git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c`::
+`git log --follow builtin/rev-list.c`::
 
-       Shows the commits that changed builtin-rev-list.c, including
+       Shows the commits that changed builtin/rev-list.c, including
        those commits that occurred before the file was given its
        present name.