Merge branch 'maint'

diff --git a/Documentation/merge-options.txt b/Documentation/merge-options.txt
index f37a77648934fcd8c707cfc1446ef5425cc7fa79..adadf8e4bf309a2fd2ec8efbeff09b410ca7b041 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/merge-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/merge-options.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,21 @@
+-q::
+--quiet::
+       Operate quietly.
+
+-v::
+--verbose::
+       Be verbose.
+
 --stat::
        Show a diffstat at the end of the merge. The diffstat is also
        controlled by the configuration option merge.stat.
 
--n, \--no-stat::
-       Do not show diffstat at the end of the merge.
+-n::
+--no-stat::
+       Do not show a diffstat at the end of the merge.
 
---summary, \--no-summary::
+--summary::
+--no-summary::
        Synonyms to --stat and --no-stat; these are deprecated and will be
        removed in the future.
 
@@ -29,7 +39,8 @@
 
 --squash::
        Produce the working tree and index state as if a real
-       merge happened, but do not actually make a commit or
+       merge happened (except for the merge information),
+       but do not actually make a commit or
        move the `HEAD`, nor record `$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD` to
        cause the next `git commit` command to create a merge
        commit.  This allows you to create a single commit on
@@ -49,9 +60,10 @@
        a fast-forward, only update the branch pointer. This is
        the default behavior of git-merge.
 
--s <strategy>, \--strategy=<strategy>::
+-s <strategy>::
+--strategy=<strategy>::
        Use the given merge strategy; can be supplied more than
        once to specify them in the order they should be tried.
        If there is no `-s` option, a built-in list of strategies
-       is used instead (`git-merge-recursive` when merging a single
-       head, `git-merge-octopus` otherwise).
+       is used instead ('git-merge-recursive' when merging a single
+       head, 'git-merge-octopus' otherwise).