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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-format.txt b/Documentation/diff-format.txt
index 811d1438..dacd8fb5 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-format.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-The output format from "git-diff-cache", "git-diff-tree" and
+The output format from "git-diff-index", "git-diff-tree" and
 "git-diff-files" are very similar.
 
-These commands all compare two sets of things; what are
-compared are different:
+These commands all compare two sets of things; what is 
+compared differs:
 
-git-diff-cache <tree-ish>::
+git-diff-index <tree-ish>::
         compares the <tree-ish> and the files on the filesystem.
 
-git-diff-cache --cached <tree-ish>::
+git-diff-index --cached <tree-ish>::
         compares the <tree-ish> and the cache.
 
 git-diff-tree [-r] <tree-ish-1> <tree-ish-2> [<pattern>...]::
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ That is, from the left to the right:
 . path for "dst"; only exists for C or R.
 . an LF or a NUL when '-z' option is used, to terminate the record.
 
-<sha1> is shown as all 0's if new is a file on the filesystem
+<sha1> is shown as all 0's if a file is new on the filesystem
 and it is out of sync with the cache.
 
 Example:
@@ -58,12 +58,11 @@ Example:
 Generating patches with -p
 --------------------------
 
-When "git-diff-cache", "git-diff-tree", or "git-diff-files" are run
+When "git-diff-index", "git-diff-tree", or "git-diff-files" are run
 with a '-p' option, they do not produce the output described above;
 instead they produce a patch file.
 
-The patch generation can be customized at two levels.  This
-customization also applies to "git-diff-helper".
+The patch generation can be customized at two levels.
 
 1. When the environment variable 'GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF' is not set,
    these commands internally invoke "diff" like this:
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ The "diff" formatting options can be customized via the
 environment variable 'GIT_DIFF_OPTS'.  For example, if you
 prefer context diff:
 
-      GIT_DIFF_OPTS=-c git-diff-cache -p $(cat .git/HEAD)
+      GIT_DIFF_OPTS=-c git-diff-index -p $(cat .git/HEAD)
 
 
 2. When the environment variable 'GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF' is set, the
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ For a path that is added, removed, or modified,
 where:
 
      <old|new>-file:: are files GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF can use to read the
-		      contents of <old|ne>,
+		      contents of <old|new>,
      <old|new>-hex:: are the 40-hexdigit SHA1 hashes,
      <old|new>-mode:: are the octal representation of the file modes.
 
@@ -122,12 +121,11 @@ The `a/` and `b/` filenames are the same unless rename/copy is
 involved.  Especially, even for a creation or a deletion,
 `/dev/null` is _not_ used in place of `a/` or `b/` filenames.
 +
-When rename/copy is involved, `file1` and `file2` shows the
+When rename/copy is involved, `file1` and `file2` show the
 name of the source file of the rename/copy and the name of
 the file that rename/copy produces, respectively.
 
-2.   It is followed by extended header lines that are one or
-     more of:
+2.   It is followed by one or more extended header lines:
 
        old mode <mode>
        new mode <mode>