Expand documentation describing --signoff

diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 4035649117f594b7262dced2d387401d2d596ad6..96b52bde913b3b8a8c430cbafdc26c74ad4493a5 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
 --signoff::
        Add `Signed-off-by:` line to the commit message, using
        the committer identity of yourself.
+       See the signoff option in linkgit:git-commit[1] for more information.
 
 --stdout::
        Print all commits to the standard output in mbox format,