Consistent message encoding while reusing log from an existing commit.

diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index c87133542a5b2f80f3743eebb300963a8bc4f1fe..e9f746bbd4cebde9d8f5b90dd8fea6a2a610b140 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ include::pretty-formats.txt[]
        Limits the number of commits to show.
 
 <since>..<until>::
-       Show only commits between the named two commits.
+       Show only commits between the named two commits.  When
+       either <since> or <until> is omitted, it defaults to
+       `HEAD`, i.e. the tip of the current branch.
 
 -p::
        Show the change the commit introduces in a patch form.