Merge branch 'ew/config-protect-mode'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index a3c1fa332abb8d65051f6f6d5df6a14708fba980..cf2c374b710673e891f8337cb9bcc90d72be460a 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -101,9 +101,8 @@ commit or stash your changes before running 'git merge'.
        Specifying more than one commit will create a merge with
        more than two parents (affectionately called an Octopus merge).
 +
-If no commit is given from the command line, and if `merge.defaultToUpstream`
-configuration variable is set, merge the remote-tracking branches
-that the current branch is configured to use as its upstream.
+If no commit is given from the command line, merge the remote-tracking
+branches that the current branch is configured to use as its upstream.
 See also the configuration section of this manual page.