Expand documentation describing --signoff

diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 037ceb21b13d03c4cbcddf9ca36e7970745bd4b3..96b52bde913b3b8a8c430cbafdc26c74ad4493a5 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
 --signoff::
        Add `Signed-off-by:` line to the commit message, using
        the committer identity of yourself.
+       See the signoff option in linkgit:git-commit[1] for more information.
 
 --stdout::
        Print all commits to the standard output in mbox format,
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ will want to ensure that threading is disabled for `git send-email`.
 -v <n>::
 --reroll-count=<n>::
        Mark the series as the <n>-th iteration of the topic. The
-       output filenames have `v<n>` pretended to them, and the
+       output filenames have `v<n>` prepended to them, and the
        subject prefix ("PATCH" by default, but configurable via the
        `--subject-prefix` option) has ` v<n>` appended to it.  E.g.
        `--reroll-count=4` may produce `v4-0001-add-makefile.patch`
@@ -273,13 +274,13 @@ attachments, and sign off patches with configuration variables.
 ------------
 [format]
        headers = "Organization: git-foo\n"
-       subjectprefix = CHANGE
+       subjectPrefix = CHANGE
        suffix = .txt
        numbered = auto
        to = <email>
        cc = <email>
        attach [ = mime-boundary-string ]
-       signoff = true
+       signOff = true
        coverletter = auto
 ------------