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diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
index da9ebf405c..9f85d60b5f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-ls-files - Show information about files in the index and the working tree
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-ls-files' [-z] [-t] [-v]
+'git ls-files' [-z] [-t] [-v]
(--[cached|deleted|others|ignored|stage|unmerged|killed|modified])\*
(-[c|d|o|i|s|u|k|m])\*
[-x <pattern>|--exclude=<pattern>]
@@ -30,24 +30,30 @@ shown:
OPTIONS
-------
--c|--cached::
+-c::
+--cached::
Show cached files in the output (default)
--d|--deleted::
+-d::
+--deleted::
Show deleted files in the output
--m|--modified::
+-m::
+--modified::
Show modified files in the output
--o|--others::
+-o::
+--others::
Show other files in the output
--i|--ignored::
+-i::
+--ignored::
Show ignored files in the output.
Note that this also reverses any exclude list present.
--s|--stage::
- Show stage files in the output
+-s::
+--stage::
+ Show staged contents' object name, mode bits and stage number in the output.
--directory::
If a whole directory is classified as "other", show just its
@@ -56,10 +62,12 @@ OPTIONS
--no-empty-directory::
Do not list empty directories. Has no effect without --directory.
--u|--unmerged::
+-u::
+--unmerged::
Show unmerged files in the output (forces --stage)
--k|--killed::
+-k::
+--killed::
Show files on the filesystem that need to be removed due
to file/directory conflicts for checkout-index to
succeed.
@@ -67,11 +75,13 @@ OPTIONS
-z::
\0 line termination on output.
--x|--exclude=<pattern>::
+-x <pattern>::
+--exclude=<pattern>::
Skips files matching pattern.
Note that pattern is a shell wildcard pattern.
--X|--exclude-from=<file>::
+-X <file>::
+--exclude-from=<file>::
exclude patterns are read from <file>; 1 per line.
--exclude-per-directory=<file>::
@@ -133,14 +143,14 @@ which case it outputs:
[<tag> ]<mode> <object> <stage> <file>
-"git-ls-files --unmerged" and "git-ls-files --stage" can be used to examine
+'git-ls-files --unmerged' and 'git-ls-files --stage' can be used to examine
detailed information on unmerged paths.
For an unmerged path, instead of recording a single mode/SHA1 pair,
the index records up to three such pairs; one from tree O in stage
1, A in stage 2, and B in stage 3. This information can be used by
the user (or the porcelain) to see what should eventually be recorded at the
-path. (see git-read-tree for more information on state)
+path. (see linkgit:git-read-tree[1] for more information on state)
When `-z` option is not used, TAB, LF, and backslash characters
in pathnames are represented as `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`,
@@ -177,7 +187,7 @@ top of the directory tree. A pattern read from a file specified
by --exclude-per-directory is relative to the directory that the
pattern file appears in.
-See Also
+SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-read-tree[1], linkgit:gitignore[5]
@@ -192,4 +202,4 @@ Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano, Josh Triplett, and the git-list
GIT
---
-Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite