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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-commit.txt8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 02d4baab6d..40bf63ea63 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ git-commit - Record changes to the repository
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u]
- [(-c | -C) <commit> | -F <file> | -m <msg> | --amend]
- [--allow-empty] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author <author>]
+'git-commit' [-a | --interactive] [-s] [-v] [-u] [--amend]
+ [(-c | -C) <commit>] [-F <file> | -m <msg>]
+ [--allow-empty] [--no-verify] [-e] [--author=<author>]
[--cleanup=<mode>] [--] [[-i | -o ]<file>...]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ OPTIONS
Take the commit message from the given file. Use '-' to
read the message from the standard input.
---author <author>::
+--author=<author>::
Override the author name used in the commit. Use
`A U Thor <author@example.com>` format.