general improvements

diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
index 9a2e9cdafba59cf731f8e7c2bc564d7942977996..8eca671b8278cfe02692605b80a9121bc5717567 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
@@ -252,6 +252,12 @@ the repository, then `cat-file` will ignore any custom format and print:
 <object> SP missing LF
 ------------
 
+If a name is specified that might refer to more than one object (an ambiguous short sha), then `cat-file` will ignore any custom format and print:
+
+------------
+<object> SP ambiguous LF
+------------
+
 If --follow-symlinks is used, and a symlink in the repository points
 outside the repository, then `cat-file` will ignore any custom format
 and print: