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diff --git a/Documentation/git-show.txt b/Documentation/git-show.txt
index 55e687a7c7..ae4edcccfb 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-show - Show various types of objects
SYNOPSIS
--------
+[verse]
'git show' [options] <object>...
DESCRIPTION
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ OPTIONS
<object>...::
The names of objects to show.
For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see
- "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1].
+ "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in linkgit:gitrevisions[7].
include::pretty-options.txt[]
@@ -47,19 +48,23 @@ include::pretty-formats.txt[]
EXAMPLES
--------
-git show v1.0.0::
+`git show v1.0.0`::
Shows the tag `v1.0.0`, along with the object the tags
points at.
-git show v1.0.0^\{tree\}::
+`git show v1.0.0^{tree}`::
Shows the tree pointed to by the tag `v1.0.0`.
-git show next~10:Documentation/README::
+`git show -s --format=%s v1.0.0^{commit}`::
+ Shows the subject of the commit pointed to by the
+ tag `v1.0.0`.
+
+`git show next~10:Documentation/README`::
Shows the contents of the file `Documentation/README` as
they were current in the 10th last commit of the branch
`next`.
-git show master:Makefile master:t/Makefile::
+`git show master:Makefile master:t/Makefile`::
Concatenates the contents of said Makefiles in the head
of the branch `master`.
@@ -68,17 +73,6 @@ Discussion
include::i18n.txt[]
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and
-Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>. Significantly enhanced by
-Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>.
-
-
-Documentation
--------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Petr Baudis and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite