7 files changed, 28 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config/branch.txt b/Documentation/config/branch.txt
index 019d60ede2..8f4b3faadd 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/branch.txt
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ When `merges`, pass the `--rebase-merges` option to 'git rebase'
 so that the local merge commits are included in the rebase (see
 linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details).
 +
-When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
-so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
-by running 'git pull'.
+When `preserve` (deprecated in favor of `merges`), also pass
+`--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase' so that locally committed merge
+commits will not be flattened by running 'git pull'.
 +
 When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode.
 +
diff --git a/Documentation/config/diff.txt b/Documentation/config/diff.txt
index e48bb987d7..2c4c9ba27a 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/diff.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/diff.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ diff.autoRefreshIndex::
 
 diff.dirstat::
 	A comma separated list of `--dirstat` parameters specifying the
-	default behavior of the `--dirstat` option to linkgit:git-diff[1]`
+	default behavior of the `--dirstat` option to linkgit:git-diff[1]
 	and friends. The defaults can be overridden on the command line
 	(using `--dirstat=<param1,param2,...>`). The fallback defaults
 	(when not changed by `diff.dirstat`) are `changes,noncumulative,3`.
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ diff.external::
 	environment variable.  The command is called with parameters
 	as described under "git Diffs" in linkgit:git[1].  Note: if
 	you want to use an external diff program only on a subset of
-	your files, you	might want to use linkgit:gitattributes[5] instead.
+	your files, you might want to use linkgit:gitattributes[5] instead.
 
 diff.ignoreSubmodules::
 	Sets the default value of --ignore-submodules. Note that this
diff --git a/Documentation/config/fsck.txt b/Documentation/config/fsck.txt
index 879c5a29c4..450e8c38e3 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/fsck.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/fsck.txt
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ When `fsck.<msg-id>` is set, errors can be switched to warnings and
 vice versa by configuring the `fsck.<msg-id>` setting where the
 `<msg-id>` is the fsck message ID and the value is one of `error`,
 `warn` or `ignore`. For convenience, fsck prefixes the error/warning
-with the message ID, e.g. "missingEmail: invalid author/committer line
-- missing email" means that setting `fsck.missingEmail = ignore` will
-hide that issue.
+with the message ID, e.g. "missingEmail: invalid author/committer
+line - missing email" means that setting `fsck.missingEmail = ignore`
+will hide that issue.
 +
 In general, it is better to enumerate existing objects with problems
 with `fsck.skipList`, instead of listing the kind of breakages these
diff --git a/Documentation/config/gc.txt b/Documentation/config/gc.txt
index c6fbb8a96f..73c08b0c00 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/gc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/gc.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ gc.autoPackLimit::
 	When there are more than this many packs that are not
 	marked with `*.keep` file in the repository, `git gc
 	--auto` consolidates them into one larger pack.  The
-	default	value is 50.  Setting this to 0 disables it.
+	default value is 50.  Setting this to 0 disables it.
 
 gc.autoDetach::
 	Make `git gc --auto` return immediately and run in background
diff --git a/Documentation/config/gpg.txt b/Documentation/config/gpg.txt
index 590fe0d4ba..f999f8ea49 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/gpg.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/gpg.txt
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ gpg.format::
 gpg.<format>.program::
 	Use this to customize the program used for the signing format you
 	chose. (see `gpg.program` and `gpg.format`) `gpg.program` can still
-	be used as a legacy synonym for	`gpg.openpgp.program`. The default
+	be used as a legacy synonym for `gpg.openpgp.program`. The default
 	value for `gpg.x509.program` is "gpgsm".
diff --git a/Documentation/config/pull.txt b/Documentation/config/pull.txt
index bb23a9947d..b87cab31b3 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/pull.txt
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ When `merges`, pass the `--rebase-merges` option to 'git rebase'
 so that the local merge commits are included in the rebase (see
 linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details).
 +
-When preserve, also pass `--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase'
-so that locally committed merge commits will not be flattened
-by running 'git pull'.
+When `preserve` (deprecated in favor of `merges`), also pass
+`--preserve-merges` along to 'git rebase' so that locally committed merge
+commits will not be flattened by running 'git pull'.
 +
 When the value is `interactive`, the rebase is run in interactive mode.
 +
diff --git a/Documentation/config/user.txt b/Documentation/config/user.txt
index b5b2ba1199..0557cbbceb 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/user.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/user.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,19 @@
-user.email::
-	Your email address to be recorded in any newly created commits.
-	Can be overridden by the `GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL`, `GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL`, and
-	`EMAIL` environment variables.  See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
-
 user.name::
-	Your full name to be recorded in any newly created commits.
-	Can be overridden by the `GIT_AUTHOR_NAME` and `GIT_COMMITTER_NAME`
-	environment variables.  See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1].
+user.email::
+author.name::
+author.email::
+committer.name::
+committer.email::
+	The `user.name` and `user.email` variables determine what ends
+	up in the `author` and `committer` field of commit
+	objects.
+	If you need the `author` or `committer` to be different, the
+	`author.name`, `author.email`, `committer.name` or
+	`committer.email` variables can be set.
+	Also, all of these can be overridden by the `GIT_AUTHOR_NAME`,
+	`GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL`, `GIT_COMMITTER_NAME`,
+	`GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL` and `EMAIL` environment variables.
+	See linkgit:git-commit-tree[1] for more information.
 
 user.useConfigOnly::
 	Instruct Git to avoid trying to guess defaults for `user.email`