Merge branch 'jn/gitweb-cleanup'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index 794224b1b3431655aa9e9683c9d938e35f7a3ea4..f9407702794b0546f21844bafadb32b0c7984bd1 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -69,9 +69,12 @@ and In-Reply-To headers will be used unless they are removed.
 Missing From or In-Reply-To headers will be prompted for.
 
 --from=<address>::
-       Specify the sender of the emails.  This will default to
-       the value GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT, as returned by "git var -l".
-       The user will still be prompted to confirm this entry.
+       Specify the sender of the emails.  If not specified on the command line,
+       the value of the 'sendemail.from' configuration option is used.  If
+       neither the command line option nor 'sendemail.from' are set, then the
+       user will be prompted for the value.  The default for the prompt will be
+       the value of GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT, or GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT if that is not
+       set, as returned by "git var -l".
 
 --in-reply-to=<identifier>::
        Specify the contents of the first In-Reply-To header.