merge-recursive --renormalize

diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index c2325ef90e336a37df42eb7f71f95e3581c83127..84043cc5b26db7d34c93a70ec005df913c345d85 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -58,7 +58,12 @@ include::merge-options.txt[]
 
 -m <msg>::
        Set the commit message to be used for the merge commit (in
-       case one is created). The 'git fmt-merge-msg' command can be
+       case one is created).
+
+       If `--log` is specified, a shortlog of the commits being merged
+       will be appended to the specified message.
+
+       The 'git fmt-merge-msg' command can be
        used to give a good default for automated 'git merge'
        invocations.