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diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index c213bdbdc5..2c84028838 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -25,13 +25,14 @@ OPTIONS
-<n>::
Limits the number of commits to show.
+ Note that this is a commit limiting option, see below.
<since>..<until>::
Show only commits between the named two commits. When
either <since> or <until> is omitted, it defaults to
`HEAD`, i.e. the tip of the current branch.
For a more complete list of ways to spell <since>
- and <until>, see linkgit:gitrevisions[1].
+ and <until>, see linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
--follow::
Continue listing the history of a file beyond renames
@@ -72,16 +73,16 @@ produced by --stat etc.
to be prefixed with "\-- " to separate them from options or
refnames.
+include::rev-list-options.txt[]
+
+include::pretty-formats.txt[]
+
Common diff options
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+-------------------
:git-log: 1
include::diff-options.txt[]
-include::rev-list-options.txt[]
-
-include::pretty-formats.txt[]
-
include::diff-generate-patch.txt[]
Examples
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ git log --follow builtin-rev-list.c::
git log --branches --not --remotes=origin::
Shows all commits that are in any of local branches but not in
- any of remote tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that
+ any of remote-tracking branches for 'origin' (what you have that
origin doesn't).
git log master --not --remotes=*/master::
@@ -181,14 +182,6 @@ This setting can be disabled by the `--no-standard-notes` option,
overridden by the 'GIT_NOTES_DISPLAY_REF' environment variable,
and supplemented by the `--show-notes` option.
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite