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diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt
index d5a7647219..3ad48a6336 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fsck.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fsck.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git fsck' [--tags] [--root] [--unreachable] [--cache] [--no-reflogs]
- [--full] [--strict] [--verbose] [--lost-found] [<object>*]
+ [--[no-]full] [--strict] [--verbose] [--lost-found] [<object>*]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ OPTIONS
<object>::
An object to treat as the head of an unreachability trace.
+
-If no objects are given, 'git-fsck' defaults to using the
+If no objects are given, 'git fsck' defaults to using the
index file, all SHA1 references in .git/refs/*, and all reflogs (unless
--no-reflogs is given) as heads.
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ index file, all SHA1 references in .git/refs/*, and all reflogs (unless
or $GIT_DIR/objects/info/alternates,
and in packed git archives found in $GIT_DIR/objects/pack
and corresponding pack subdirectories in alternate
- object pools.
+ object pools. This is now default; you can turn it off
+ with --no-full.
--strict::
Enable more strict checking, namely to catch a file mode
@@ -79,11 +80,12 @@ that aren't readable from any of the specified head nodes.
So for example
- git fsck --unreachable HEAD $(cat .git/refs/heads/*)
+ git fsck --unreachable HEAD \
+ $(git for-each-ref --format="%(objectname)" refs/heads)
will do quite a _lot_ of verification on the tree. There are a few
extra validity tests to be added (make sure that tree objects are
-sorted properly etc), but on the whole if 'git-fsck' is happy, you
+sorted properly etc), but on the whole if 'git fsck' is happy, you
do have a valid tree.
Any corrupt objects you will have to find in backups or other archives