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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-log.txt4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 1bbf865a1b..0498e7bacb 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ OPTIONS
full ref name (including prefix) will be printed. If 'auto' is
specified, then if the output is going to a terminal, the ref names
are shown as if 'short' were given, otherwise no ref names are
- shown. The default option is 'short'.
+ shown. The option `--decorate` is short-hand for `--decorate=short`.
+ Default to configuration value of `log.decorate` if configured,
+ otherwise, `auto`.
--decorate-refs=<pattern>::
--decorate-refs-exclude=<pattern>::