Start preparing the API documents.

diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index 5d22b7b58c5950fe70d09e0bb7384179ae30220f..9ecc1d7bc460dd723ae08618b0deab88e407114f 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
 
 --check::
        Warn if changes introduce trailing whitespace
-       or an indent that uses a space before a tab.
+       or an indent that uses a space before a tab. Exits with
+       non-zero status if problems are found. Not compatible with
+       --exit-code.
 
 --full-index::
        Instead of the first handful characters, show full