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-rw-r--r--Documentation/pretty-formats.txt3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
index a942d57f73..69c289dd0c 100644
--- a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
@@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ endif::git-rev-list[]
- '%Cgreen': switch color to green
- '%Cblue': switch color to blue
- '%Creset': reset color
-- '%C(...)': color specification, as described in color.branch.* config option;
+- '%C(...)': color specification, as described under Values in the
+ "CONFIGURATION FILE" section of linkgit:git-config[1];
adding `auto,` at the beginning will emit color only when colors are
enabled for log output (by `color.diff`, `color.ui`, or `--color`, and
respecting the `auto` settings of the former if we are going to a