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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
index df308c3f..627cde85 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-parse.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 
-Many git Porcelainish commands take mixture of flags
+Many git porcelainish commands take mixture of flags
 (i.e. parameters that begin with a dash '-') and parameters
 meant for underlying `git-rev-list` command they use internally
 and flags and parameters for other commands they use as the
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
 --short, --short=number::
 	Instead of outputting the full SHA1 values of object names try to
-	abbriviate them to a shorter unique name. When no length is specified
+	abbreviate them to a shorter unique name. When no length is specified
 	7 is used. The minimum length is 4.
 
 --since=datestring, --after=datestring::
@@ -124,11 +124,12 @@ syntax.
   happen to have both heads/master and tags/master, you can
   explicitly say 'heads/master' to tell git which one you mean.
 
-* A suffix '@' followed by a date specification such as 'yesterday'
-  (24 hours ago) or '1 month 2 weeks 3 days 1 hour 1 second ago'
-  to specify the value of the ref at a prior point in time.
-  This suffix may only be used immediately following a ref name
-  and the ref must have an existing log ($GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>).
+* A suffix '@' followed by a date specification enclosed in a brace
+  pair (e.g. '\{yesterday\}', '\{1 month 2 weeks 3 days 1 hour 1
+  second ago\}' or '\{1979-02-26 18:30:00\}') to specify the value
+  of the ref at a prior point in time.  This suffix may only be
+  used immediately following a ref name and the ref must have an
+  existing log ($GIT_DIR/logs/<ref>).
 
 * A suffix '{caret}' to a revision parameter means the first parent of
   that commit object.  '{caret}<n>' means the <n>th parent (i.e.