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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git reset' [-q] [<commit>] [--] <paths>...
-'git reset' --patch [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...]
+'git reset' [--patch|-p] [<commit>] [--] [<paths>...]
'git reset' [--soft | --mixed | --hard | --merge | --keep] [-q] [<commit>]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ working tree in one go.
and <commit> (defaults to HEAD). The chosen hunks are applied
in reverse to the index.
+
-This means that `git reset -p` is the opposite of `git add -p` (see
-linkgit:git-add[1]).
+This means that `git reset -p` is the opposite of `git add -p`, i.e.
+you can use it to selectively reset hunks. See the ``Interactive Mode''
+section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `\--patch` mode.
'git reset' [--<mode>] [<commit>]::
This form resets the current branch head to <commit> and