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-rw-r--r--Documentation/SubmittingPatches5
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-push.txt4
-rw-r--r--Documentation/user-manual.txt2
3 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 0452db2e67..1d9f06b798 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -370,9 +370,8 @@ If you like, you can put extra tags at the end:
. `Acked-by:` says that the person who is more familiar with the area
the patch attempts to modify liked the patch.
. `Reviewed-by:`, unlike the other tags, can only be offered by the
- reviewer and means that she is completely satisfied that the patch
- is ready for application. It is usually offered only after a
- detailed review.
+ reviewers themselves when they are completely satisfied with the
+ patch after a detailed analysis.
. `Tested-by:` is used to indicate that the person applied the patch
and found it to have the desired effect.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index ab103c82cf..48cf37b5dc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -244,8 +244,8 @@ Imagine that you have to rebase what you have already published.
You will have to bypass the "must fast-forward" rule in order to
replace the history you originally published with the rebased history.
If somebody else built on top of your original history while you are
-rebasing, the tip of the branch at the remote may advance with her
-commit, and blindly pushing with `--force` will lose her work.
+rebasing, the tip of the branch at the remote may advance with their
+commit, and blindly pushing with `--force` will lose their work.
+
This option allows you to say that you expect the history you are
updating is what you rebased and want to replace. If the remote ref
diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index fd480b8645..2983e3bd60 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -2789,7 +2789,7 @@ A fast-forward looks something like this:
In some cases it is possible that the new head will *not* actually be
a descendant of the old head. For example, the developer may have
-realized she made a serious mistake, and decided to backtrack,
+realized a serious mistake was made and decided to backtrack,
resulting in a situation like:
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