diff-options: unconfuse description of --color

diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index cf4b21659890ba4babb8bcc07a7c0e84a03b6adb..d33f77a05e879905d2d2e3415dd58d68dc17dc18 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ any of those replacements occurred.
 
 --color[=<when>]::
        Show colored diff.
-       The value must be `always` (the default for `<when>`), `never`, or `auto`.
-       The default value is `never`.
+       `--color` (i.e. without '=<when>') is the same as `--color=always`.
+       '<when>' can be one of `always`, `never`, or `auto`.
 ifdef::git-diff[]
        It can be changed by the `color.ui` and `color.diff`
        configuration settings.