Merge branch 'jp/refs'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt
index e1fd6884f066c3f501394173d27df26717b9be85..1b64d3ab03c2e13807e24833823193021559d947 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-init.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-init(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-init - Creates an empty git repository
+git-init - Create an empty git repository or reinitialize an existing one
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
@@ -79,9 +79,7 @@ was primarily meant to initialize the object database, but over
 time it has become responsible for setting up the other aspects
 of the repository, such as installing the default hooks and
 setting the configuration variables.  The old name is retained
-because people are so used to it and many existing documents
-refer to it that way, and this will not change for some time to
-come.
+for backward compatibility reasons.
 
 
 EXAMPLES