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diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index b4528d72ba376bb0444002698196afa89f781fc1..2187eee4164038346ed7a3ae32f563aeb74f23f7 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ git-commit(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-commit - Record your changes
+git-commit - Record changes to the repository
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-commit' [-a] [-s] [-v] [(-c | -C) <commit> | -F <file> | -m <msg>]
-          [--no-verify] [--amend] [-e] [--author <author>]
+'git-commit' [-a] [-s] [-v] [(-c | -C) <commit> | -F <file> | -m <msg> |
+           --amend] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author <author>]
           [--] [[-i | -o ]<file>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ but can be used to amend a merge commit.
        are concluding a conflicted merge.
 
 -q|--quiet::
-       Supress commit summary message.
+       Suppress commit summary message.
 
 \--::
        Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
@@ -142,11 +142,6 @@ $ git add hello.c
 $ git commit
 ------------
 
-////////////
-We should fix 'git rm' to remove goodbye.c from both index and
-working tree for the above example.
-////////////
-
 Instead of staging files after each individual change, you can
 tell `git commit` to notice the changes to the files whose
 contents are tracked in
@@ -223,6 +218,12 @@ refuses to run when given pathnames (but see `-i` option).
 DISCUSSION
 ----------
 
+Though not required, it's a good idea to begin the commit message
+with a single short (less than 50 character) line summarizing the
+change, followed by a blank line and then a more thorough description.
+Tools that turn commits into email, for example, use the first line
+on the Subject: line and the rest of the commit in the body.
+
 include::i18n.txt[]
 
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