X-Git-Url: https://git.octo.it/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fgit-commit-tree.txt;h=41d1a1c4b340b17a545feebe9877def8b009933f;hb=162f41292167a800432fc6bbacfcd9f93a90b0c8;hp=b64cd6a84b7f08164b55445999a12460a3d3c52c;hpb=5773c9f2b28c3af92b7e9c6832536e99ab11cc78;p=git.git

diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
index b64cd6a8..41d1a1c4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-commit-tree - Creates a new commit object
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-commit-tree' <tree> [-p <parent commit>]\   < changelog
+'git-commit-tree' <tree> [-p <parent commit>]\* < changelog
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ to get there.
 
 Normally a commit would identify a new "HEAD" state, and while git
 doesn't care where you save the note about that state, in practice we
-tend to just write the result to the file `.git/HEAD`, so that we can
-always see what the last committed state was.
+tend to just write the result to the file that is pointed at by
+`.git/HEAD`, so that we can always see what the last committed
+state was.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
@@ -59,7 +60,8 @@ either `.git/config` file, or using the following environment variables.
 
 (nb "<", ">" and "\n"s are stripped)
 
-In `.git/config` file, the following items are used:
+In `.git/config` file, the following items are used for GIT_AUTHOR_NAME and
+GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL:
 
 	[user]
 		name = "Your Name"