Documentation: git-commit -a

diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index e0ff74f648fa57bc1a6d100f886fca424051ce8a..e35984dfc7d5a5287ea8231b25c5c8256fb89011 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ information.
 OPTIONS
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 -a|--all::
-       Update all paths in the index file.
+       Update all paths in the index file.  This flag notices
+       files that have been modified and deleted, but new files
+       you have not told about git are not affected.
 
 -c or -C <commit>::
        Take existing commit object, and reuse the log message