git-commit: document log message formatting convention

diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt
index 753fc0866d2883af59ed54fd7ca566f7694172e3..ce7857e5a93c212c609b2ef0bef56c3c42ed841c 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ git-status(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-status - Show working tree status.
+git-status - Show working tree status
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-status'
+'git-status' <options>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ If there is no path that is different between the index file and
 the current HEAD commit, the command exits with non-zero
 status.
 
+The command takes the same set of options as `git-commit`; it
+shows what would be committed if the same options are given to
+`git-commit`.
+
 
 OUTPUT
 ------