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diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt
index 2f173fff35..f4429bdc68 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git show-ref' [-q|--quiet] [--verify] [-h|--head] [-d|--dereference]
- [-s|--hash] [--abbrev] [--tags] [--heads] [--] <pattern>...
-'git show-ref' --exclude-existing[=pattern]
+ [-s|--hash[=<n>]] [--abbrev[=<n>]] [--tags]
+ [--heads] [--] <pattern>...
+'git show-ref' --exclude-existing[=<pattern>] < ref-list
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ The --exclude-existing form is a filter that does the inverse, it shows the
refs from stdin that don't exist in the local repository.
Use of this utility is encouraged in favor of directly accessing files under
-in the `.git` directory.
+the `.git` directory.
OPTIONS
-------
@@ -48,9 +49,9 @@ OPTIONS
appended.
-s::
---hash::
+--hash[=<n>]::
- Only show the SHA1 hash, not the reference name. When also using
+ Only show the SHA1 hash, not the reference name. When combined with
--dereference the dereferenced tag will still be shown after the SHA1.
--verify::
@@ -59,11 +60,10 @@ OPTIONS
Aside from returning an error code of 1, it will also print an error
message if '--quiet' was not specified.
---abbrev::
---abbrev=len::
+--abbrev[=<n>]::
Abbreviate the object name. When using `--hash`, you do
- not have to say `--hash --abbrev`; `--hash=len` would do.
+ not have to say `--hash --abbrev`; `--hash=n` would do.
-q::
--quiet::
@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ OPTIONS
Do not print any results to stdout. When combined with '--verify' this
can be used to silently check if a reference exists.
---exclude-existing::
---exclude-existing=pattern::
+--exclude-existing[=<pattern>]::
Make 'git-show-ref' act as a filter that reads refs from stdin of the
form "^(?:<anything>\s)?<refname>(?:\^\{\})?$" and performs the