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diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt
index 3d57031d78..78eb03f0ae 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool--lib.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-mergetool--lib - Common git merge tool shell scriptlets
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'. "$(git --exec-path)/git-mergetool--lib"'
+'TOOL_MODE=(diff|merge) . "$(git --exec-path)/git-mergetool--lib"'
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ The 'git-mergetool--lib' scriptlet is designed to be sourced (using
`.`) by other shell scripts to set up functions for working
with git merge tools.
-Before sourcing it, your script should set up a few variables;
-`TOOL_MODE` is used to define the operation mode for various
-functions. 'diff' and 'merge' are valid values.
+Before sourcing 'git-mergetool--lib', your script must set `TOOL_MODE`
+to define the operation mode for the functions listed below.
+'diff' and 'merge' are valid values.
FUNCTIONS
---------
get_merge_tool::
- returns a merge tool
+ returns a merge tool.
get_merge_tool_cmd::
returns the custom command for a merge tool.
@@ -38,10 +38,8 @@ get_merge_tool_path::
run_merge_tool::
launches a merge tool given the tool name and a true/false
flag to indicate whether a merge base is present.
- '$merge_tool', '$merge_tool_path', and for custom commands,
- '$merge_tool_cmd', must be defined prior to calling
- run_merge_tool. Additionally, '$MERGED', '$LOCAL', '$REMOTE',
- and '$BASE' must be defined for use by the merge tool.
+ '$MERGED', '$LOCAL', '$REMOTE', and '$BASE' must be defined
+ for use by the merge tool.
Author
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