git-fast-import.txt: fix documentation for --quiet option

diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
index e81117d27f477591b92480352731fb0c4faf3410..7ab97745a60daec812a286f61b9680f4714e2c38 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
@@ -40,9 +40,10 @@ OPTIONS
        not contain the old commit).
 
 --quiet::
-       Disable all non-fatal output, making fast-import silent when it
-       is successful.  This option disables the output shown by
-       --stats.
+       Disable the output shown by --stats, making fast-import usually
+       be silent when it is successful.  However, if the import stream
+       has directives intended to show user output (e.g. `progress`
+       directives), the corresponding messages will still be shown.
 
 --stats::
        Display some basic statistics about the objects fast-import has