Fall back to $EMAIL for missing GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL and GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index e0aff5369f3b7ee3059095fc3531779e452e1db1..c257cdf525e2daa3b90140430327e6f5d2ea6bda 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -610,8 +610,8 @@ tar.umask::
 
 user.email::
        Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
-       Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL' and 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL'
-       environment variables.  See gitlink:git-commit-tree[1].
+       Can be overridden by the 'GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL', 'GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL', and
+       'EMAIL' environment variables.  See gitlink:git-commit-tree[1].
 
 user.name::
        Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.