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diff --git a/Documentation/git-revert.txt b/Documentation/git-revert.txt
index cceb5f2f7f..837707a8fd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-revert.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-revert.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-revert - Revert some existing commits
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git revert' [--[no-]edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-S[<key-id>]] <commit>...
+'git revert' [--[no-]edit] [-n] [-m parent-number] [-s] [-S[<keyid>]] <commit>...
'git revert' --continue
'git revert' --quit
'git revert' --abort
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from the HEAD commit).
Note: 'git revert' is used to record some new commits to reverse the
effect of some earlier commits (often only a faulty one). If you want to
throw away all uncommitted changes in your working directory, you
-should see linkgit:git-reset[1], particularly the '--hard' option. If
+should see linkgit:git-reset[1], particularly the `--hard` option. If
you want to extract specific files as they were in another commit, you
should see linkgit:git-checkout[1], specifically the `git checkout
<commit> -- <filename>` syntax. Take care with these alternatives as
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ OPTIONS
For a more complete list of ways to spell commit names, see
linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
Sets of commits can also be given but no traversal is done by
- default, see linkgit:git-rev-list[1] and its '--no-walk'
+ default, see linkgit:git-rev-list[1] and its `--no-walk`
option.
-e::
@@ -80,13 +80,16 @@ more details.
This is useful when reverting more than one commits'
effect to your index in a row.
--S[<key-id>]::
---gpg-sign[=<key-id>]::
- GPG-sign commits.
+-S[<keyid>]::
+--gpg-sign[=<keyid>]::
+ GPG-sign commits. The `keyid` argument is optional and
+ defaults to the committer identity; if specified, it must be
+ stuck to the option without a space.
-s::
--signoff::
Add Signed-off-by line at the end of the commit message.
+ See the signoff option in linkgit:git-commit[1] for more information.
--strategy=<strategy>::
Use the given merge strategy. Should only be used once.