Documentation: a note about stdout for git rev-parse --verify --quiet

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index 9bd76a5a6b9327136871dd49cdad5c1ecd8dbcde..fa4a8c3afcb93a5fc72e9d0a5dc798d773e0bb9e 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ eval "set -- $(git rev-parse --sq --prefix "$prefix" "$@")"
 +
 If you want to make sure that the output actually names an object in
 your object database and/or can be used as a specific type of object
-you require, you can add "^{type}" peeling operator to the parameter.
+you require, you can add "\^{type}" peeling operator to the parameter.
 For example, `git rev-parse "$VAR^{commit}"` will make sure `$VAR`
 names an existing object that is a commit-ish (i.e. a commit, or an
 annotated tag that points at a commit).  To make sure that `$VAR`
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ can be used.
        Only meaningful in `--verify` mode. Do not output an error
        message if the first argument is not a valid object name;
        instead exit with non-zero status silently.
+       SHA-1s for valid object names are printed to stdout on success.
 
 --sq::
        Usually the output is made one line per flag and