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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 6416cae511..e70216dfe6 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -538,14 +538,14 @@ core.pager::
`LESS` variable to some other value. Alternately,
these settings can be overridden on a project or
global basis by setting the `core.pager` option.
- Setting `core.pager` has no affect on the `LESS`
+ Setting `core.pager` has no effect on the `LESS`
environment variable behaviour above, so if you want
to override git's default settings this way, you need
to be explicit. For example, to disable the S option
in a backward compatible manner, set `core.pager`
- to `less -+$LESS -FRX`. This will be passed to the
- shell by git, which will translate the final command to
- `LESS=FRSX less -+FRSX -FRX`.
+ to `less -+S`. This will be passed to the shell by
+ git, which will translate the final command to
+ `LESS=FRSX less -+S`.
core.whitespace::
A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to
@@ -559,8 +559,9 @@ core.whitespace::
* `space-before-tab` treats a space character that appears immediately
before a tab character in the initial indent part of the line as an
error (enabled by default).
-* `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with 8 or more
- space characters as an error (not enabled by default).
+* `indent-with-non-tab` treats a line that is indented with space
+ characters instead of the equivalent tabs as an error (not enabled by
+ default).
* `tab-in-indent` treats a tab character in the initial indent part of
the line as an error (not enabled by default).
* `blank-at-eof` treats blank lines added at the end of file as an error
@@ -961,12 +962,6 @@ difftool.<tool>.cmd::
difftool.prompt::
Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool.
-diff.wordRegex::
- A POSIX Extended Regular Expression used to determine what is a "word"
- when performing word-by-word difference calculations. Character
- sequences that match the regular expression are "words", all other
- characters are *ignorable* whitespace.
-
fetch.recurseSubmodules::
This option can be either set to a boolean value or to 'on-demand'.
Setting it to a boolean changes the behavior of fetch and pull to