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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-am.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-commit.txt6
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-format-patch.txt1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-revert.txt1
5 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt
index 452c1feb23..13cdd7f3b6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-am.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ OPTIONS
--signoff::
Add a `Signed-off-by:` line to the commit message, using
the committer identity of yourself.
+ See the signoff option in linkgit:git-commit[1] for more information.
-k::
--keep::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
index 77da29a474..6154e57238 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cherry-pick.txt
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ effect to your index in a row.
-s::
--signoff::
Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message.
+ See the signoff option in linkgit:git-commit[1] for more information.
-S[<keyid>]::
--gpg-sign[=<keyid>]::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 7f34a5b331..9ec6b3cc17 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -154,7 +154,11 @@ OPTIONS
-s::
--signoff::
Add Signed-off-by line by the committer at the end of the commit
- log message.
+ log message. The meaning of a signoff depends on the project,
+ but it typically certifies that committer has
+ the rights to submit this work under the same license and
+ agrees to a Developer Certificate of Origin
+ (see http://developercertificate.org/ for more information).
-n::
--no-verify::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 4035649117..96b52bde91 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
--signoff::
Add `Signed-off-by:` line to the commit message, using
the committer identity of yourself.
+ See the signoff option in linkgit:git-commit[1] for more information.
--stdout::
Print all commits to the standard output in mbox format,
diff --git a/Documentation/git-revert.txt b/Documentation/git-revert.txt
index b15139ffdc..573616a04a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-revert.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-revert.txt
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ effect to your index in a row.
-s::
--signoff::
Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message.
+ See the signoff option in linkgit:git-commit[1] for more information.
--strategy=<strategy>::
Use the given merge strategy. Should only be used once.