diff --abbrev: document --abbrev=<n> form.

It was implemented there but was not advertised.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index 3d1175e864..9e574a04d3 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@
 	object name of pre- and post-image blob on the "index"
 	line when generating a patch format output.	
 
---abbrev::
+--abbrev[=<n>]::
 	Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
 	name in diff-raw format output and diff-tree header
-	lines, show only handful prefix.  This is independent of
-	--full-index option above, which controls the diff-patch
-	output format.
+	lines, show only handful dhexigits prefix.  This is
+	independent of --full-index option above, which controls
+	the diff-patch output format.  Non default number of
+	digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>.
 
 -B::
 	Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and create.
diff --git a/diff.h b/diff.h
index c3486ffa86..5696f2aff0 100644
--- a/diff.h
+++ b/diff.h
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ extern void diffcore_std_no_resolve(struct diff_options *);
 "  --name-only   show only names of changed files.\n" \
 "  --name-status show names and status of changed files.\n" \
 "  --full-index  show full object name on index lines.\n" \
-"  --abbrev      abbreviate object names in diff-tree header and diff-raw.\n" \
+"  --abbrev=<n>  abbreviate object names in diff-tree header and diff-raw.\n" \
 "  -R            swap input file pairs.\n" \
 "  -B            detect complete rewrites.\n" \
 "  -M            detect renames.\n" \