gitmodules: clarify what history depth a shallow clone has

diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt
index 9d27197de8f63e2e7495976af944344436e48302..3c5a67fb9671f8c65e0830222c63bb5035a05c30 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-init.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ does not exist, it will be created.
 TEMPLATE DIRECTORY
 ------------------
 
-The template directory contains files and directories that will be copied to
-the `$GIT_DIR` after it is created.
+Files and directories in the template directory whose name do not start with a
+dot will be copied to the `$GIT_DIR` after it is created.
 
 The template directory will be one of the following (in order):