Documentation: spelling and grammar fixes

diff --git a/Documentation/git-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
index b0c1bb95c83b8e8e6cf6fa863e74108e3e5fc35f..b180f1fa5bf5599efd8c8fefe29e3249cd387715 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-diff.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-diff.txt
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ git-diff - Show changes between commits, commit and working tree, etc
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git diff' [options] [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]
-'git diff' [options] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]
-'git diff' [options] <commit> <commit> [--] [<path>...]
-'git diff' [options] <blob> <blob>
-'git diff' [options] [--no-index] [--] <path> <path>
+'git diff' [<options>] [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]
+'git diff' [<options>] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]
+'git diff' [<options>] <commit> <commit> [--] [<path>...]
+'git diff' [<options>] <blob> <blob>
+'git diff' [<options>] --no-index [--] <path> <path>
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Show changes between the working tree and the index or a tree, changes
 between the index and a tree, changes between two trees, changes between
 two blob objects, or changes between two files on disk.
 
-'git diff' [--options] [--] [<path>...]::
+'git diff' [<options>] [--] [<path>...]::
 
        This form is to view the changes you made relative to
        the index (staging area for the next commit).  In other
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ two blob objects, or changes between two files on disk.
        further add to the index but you still haven't.  You can
        stage these changes by using linkgit:git-add[1].
 
-'git diff' --no-index [--options] [--] [<path>...]::
+'git diff' [<options>] --no-index [--] <path> <path>::
 
        This form is to compare the given two paths on the
        filesystem.  You can omit the `--no-index` option when
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ two blob objects, or changes between two files on disk.
        or when running the command outside a working tree
        controlled by Git.
 
-'git diff' [--options] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]::
+'git diff' [<options>] --cached [<commit>] [--] [<path>...]::
 
        This form is to view the changes you staged for the next
        commit relative to the named <commit>.  Typically you
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ two blob objects, or changes between two files on disk.
        <commit> is not given, it shows all staged changes.
        --staged is a synonym of --cached.
 
-'git diff' [--options] <commit> [--] [<path>...]::
+'git diff' [<options>] <commit> [--] [<path>...]::
 
        This form is to view the changes you have in your
        working tree relative to the named <commit>.  You can
@@ -56,18 +56,18 @@ two blob objects, or changes between two files on disk.
        branch name to compare with the tip of a different
        branch.
 
-'git diff' [--options] <commit> <commit> [--] [<path>...]::
+'git diff' [<options>] <commit> <commit> [--] [<path>...]::
 
        This is to view the changes between two arbitrary
        <commit>.
 
-'git diff' [--options] <commit>..<commit> [--] [<path>...]::
+'git diff' [<options>] <commit>..<commit> [--] [<path>...]::
 
        This is synonymous to the previous form.  If <commit> on
        one side is omitted, it will have the same effect as
        using HEAD instead.
 
-'git diff' [--options] <commit>\...<commit> [--] [<path>...]::
+'git diff' [<options>] <commit>\...<commit> [--] [<path>...]::
 
        This form is to view the changes on the branch containing
        and up to the second <commit>, starting at a common ancestor
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ and the range notations ("<commit>..<commit>" and
 "<commit>\...<commit>") do not mean a range as defined in the
 "SPECIFYING RANGES" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
 
-'git diff' [options] <blob> <blob>::
+'git diff' [<options>] <blob> <blob>::
 
        This form is to view the differences between the raw
        contents of two blob objects.