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diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index 42391f2ae7..a74c3713c6 100644
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+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ especially if those changes were further modified after the merge
was started), 'git merge --abort' will in some cases be unable to
reconstruct the original (pre-merge) changes. Therefore:
-*Warning*: Running 'git merge' with uncommitted changes is
-discouraged: while possible, it leaves you in a state that is hard to
+*Warning*: Running 'git merge' with non-trivial uncommitted changes is
+discouraged: while possible, it may leave you in a state that is hard to
back out of in the case of a conflict.
@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@ The 'git fmt-merge-msg' command can be
used to give a good default for automated 'git merge'
invocations.
---rerere-autoupdate::
---no-rerere-autoupdate::
+--[no-]rerere-autoupdate::
Allow the rerere mechanism to update the index with the
result of auto-conflict resolution if possible.
@@ -187,11 +186,11 @@ In such a case, you can "unwrap" the tag yourself before feeding it
to `git merge`, or pass `--ff-only` when you do not have any work on
your own. e.g.
----
+----
git fetch origin
git merge v1.2.3^0
git merge --ff-only v1.2.3
----
+----
HOW CONFLICTS ARE PRESENTED