Merge branch 'ks/doc-checkout-previous'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index e108b0f74bb6dc4d9f3fc27e7c3fe571b19a9d2f..ca5fc9c79887652e38e3d11dc86dba657fe585c0 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -264,6 +264,8 @@ section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `--patch` mode.
        local modifications in a submodule would be overwritten the checkout
        will fail unless `-f` is used. If nothing (or --no-recurse-submodules)
        is used, the work trees of submodules will not be updated.
+       Just like linkgit:git-submodule[1], this will detach the
+       submodules HEAD.
 
 <branch>::
        Branch to checkout; if it refers to a branch (i.e., a name that,
@@ -272,11 +274,11 @@ section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `--patch` mode.
        commit, your HEAD becomes "detached" and you are no longer on
        any branch (see below for details).
 +
-As a special case, the `"@{-N}"` syntax for the N-th last branch/commit
-checks out branches (instead of detaching).  You may also specify
-`-` which is synonymous with `"@{-1}"`.
+You can use the `"@{-N}"` syntax to refer to the N-th last
+branch/commit checked out using "git checkout" operation. You may
+also specify `-` which is synonymous to `"@{-1}`.
 +
-As a further special case, you may use `"A...B"` as a shortcut for the
+As a special case, you may use `"A...B"` as a shortcut for the
 merge base of `A` and `B` if there is exactly one merge base. You can
 leave out at most one of `A` and `B`, in which case it defaults to `HEAD`.