Makefile: fix shell quoting

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index 9e273bc5a6ee091ad7b81254228d33fd4df5541e..ba65bfa16bcc3ef36556fed0705798cf30af7028 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -184,7 +184,10 @@ blobs contained in a commit.
   second ago\}' or '\{1979-02-26 18:30:00\}') to specify the value
   of the ref at a prior point in time.  This suffix may only be
   used immediately following a ref name and the ref must have an
-  existing log ($GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>).
+  existing log ($GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>). Note that this looks up the state
+  of your *local* ref at a given time; e.g., what was in your local
+  `master` branch last week. If you want to look at commits made during
+  certain times, see `--since` and `--until`.
 
 * A ref followed by the suffix '@' with an ordinal specification
   enclosed in a brace pair (e.g. '\{1\}', '\{15\}') to specify
@@ -298,9 +301,9 @@ It is the set of commits that are reachable from either one of
 `r1` or `r2` but not from both.
 
 Two other shorthands for naming a set that is formed by a commit
-and its parent commits exists.  `r1{caret}@` notation means all
+and its parent commits exist.  The `r1{caret}@` notation means all
 parents of `r1`.  `r1{caret}!` includes commit `r1` but excludes
-its all parents.
+all of its parents.
 
 Here are a handful of examples: