doc: group pretty-format.txt placeholders descriptions
[gitweb.git] / lockfile.h
index f401c979f0ed907b40bfb509ab8f06ad2632c19e..35403ccc0d586c4732411a5813cb97761dddc435 100644 (file)
@@ -263,8 +263,8 @@ static inline int close_lock_file_gently(struct lock_file *lk)
  *   nobody else) to inspect the contents you wrote, while still
  *   holding the lock yourself.
  *
- * * `reopen_lock_file()` to reopen the lockfile. Make further updates
- *   to the contents.
+ * * `reopen_lock_file()` to reopen the lockfile, truncating the existing
+ *   contents. Write out the new contents.
  *
  * * `commit_lock_file()` to make the final version permanent.
  */