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diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
index 734336119c..f1499bba88 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show-branch.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git show-branch' [-a|--all] [-r|--remotes] [--topo-order | --date-order]
- [--current] [--color | --no-color] [--sparse]
+ [--current] [--color[=<when>] | --no-color] [--sparse]
[--more=<n> | --list | --independent | --merge-base]
[--no-name | --sha1-name] [--topics]
[<rev> | <glob>]...
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ DESCRIPTION
-----------
Shows the commit ancestry graph starting from the commits named
-with <rev>s or <globs>s (or all refs under $GIT_DIR/refs/heads
-and/or $GIT_DIR/refs/tags) semi-visually.
+with <rev>s or <globs>s (or all refs under refs/heads
+and/or refs/tags) semi-visually.
It cannot show more than 29 branches and commits at a time.
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ OPTIONS
<glob>::
A glob pattern that matches branch or tag names under
- $GIT_DIR/refs. For example, if you have many topic
- branches under $GIT_DIR/refs/heads/topic, giving
+ refs/. For example, if you have many topic
+ branches under refs/heads/topic, giving
`topic/*` would show all of them.
-r::
@@ -117,13 +117,15 @@ OPTIONS
When no explicit <ref> parameter is given, it defaults to the
current branch (or `HEAD` if it is detached).
---color::
+--color[=<when>]::
Color the status sign (one of these: `*` `!` `+` `-`) of each commit
corresponding to the branch it's in.
+ The value must be always (the default), never, or auto.
--no-color::
Turn off colored output, even when the configuration file gives the
default to color output.
+ Same as `--color=never`.
Note that --more, --list, --independent and --merge-base options
are mutually exclusive.
@@ -176,7 +178,7 @@ EXAMPLE
-------
If you keep your primary branches immediately under
-`$GIT_DIR/refs/heads`, and topic branches in subdirectories of
+`refs/heads`, and topic branches in subdirectories of
it, having the following in the configuration file may help:
------------