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diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
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@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 git-log(1)
 ==========
-v0.99.4, Aug 2005
 
 NAME
 ----
@@ -9,7 +8,7 @@ git-log - Show commit logs
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git log' <option>...
+'git-log' <option>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ This manual page describes only the most frequently used options.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
---pretty=<format>:
+--pretty=<format>::
        Controls the way the commit log is formatted.
 
 --max-count=<n>::
@@ -31,6 +30,24 @@ OPTIONS
        Show only commits between the named two commits.
 
 
+Examples
+--------
+git log --no-merges::
+
+       Show the whole commit history, but skip any merges
+
+git log v2.6.12.. include/scsi drivers/scsi::
+
+       Show all commits since version 'v2.6.12' that changed any file
+       in the include/scsi or drivers/scsi subdirectories
+
+git log --since="2 weeks ago" -- gitk::
+
+       Show the changes during the last two weeks to the file 'gitk'.
+       The "--" is necessary to avoid confusion with the *branch* named
+       'gitk'
+
+
 Author
 ------
 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>