Wrap synopsis lines and use [verse] to keep formatting

diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 83f58ae5365f05297a432cbd147c496e9fff8ba1..ffa4fb0a03b54526743178e71b9956e50c8d298d 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ git-clone - Clones a repository.
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-clone' [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [-u <upload-pack>] <repository> [<directory>]
+[verse]
+'git-clone' [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [-u <upload-pack>]
+         <repository> [<directory>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -74,10 +76,31 @@ OPTIONS
        for "host.xz:foo/.git").  Cloning into an existing directory
        is not allowed.
 
+Examples
+~~~~~~~~
+
+Clone from upstream::
++
+------------
+$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux-2.6 my2.6
+$ cd my2.6
+$ make
+------------
+
+
+Make a local clone that borrows from the current directory, without checking things out::
++
+------------
+$ git clone -l -s -n . ../copy
+$ cd copy
+$ git show-branch
+------------
+
 Author
 ------
 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
 
+
 Documentation
 --------------
 Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.