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diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
index 2a3dc8664f..74aa01a0ec 100644
--- a/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pretty-options.txt
@@ -3,9 +3,13 @@
Pretty-print the contents of the commit logs in a given format,
where '<format>' can be one of 'oneline', 'short', 'medium',
- 'full', 'fuller', 'email', 'raw' and 'format:<string>'. See
- the "PRETTY FORMATS" section for some additional details for each
- format. When omitted, the format defaults to 'medium'.
+ 'full', 'fuller', 'email', 'raw', 'format:<string>'
+ and 'tformat:<string>'. When '<format>' is none of the above,
+ and has '%placeholder' in it, it acts as if
+ '--pretty=tformat:<format>' were given.
++
+See the "PRETTY FORMATS" section for some additional details for each
+format. When '=<format>' part is omitted, it defaults to 'medium'.
+
Note: you can specify the default pretty format in the repository
configuration (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
@@ -28,7 +32,7 @@ people using 80-column terminals.
This is a shorthand for "--pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit"
used together.
---encoding[=<encoding>]::
+--encoding=<encoding>::
The commit objects record the encoding used for the log message
in their encoding header; this option can be used to tell the
command to re-code the commit log message in the encoding
@@ -39,7 +43,7 @@ people using 80-column terminals.
Show the notes (see linkgit:git-notes[1]) that annotate the
commit, when showing the commit log message. This is the default
for `git log`, `git show` and `git whatchanged` commands when
- there is no `--pretty`, `--format` nor `--oneline` option given
+ there is no `--pretty`, `--format`, or `--oneline` option given
on the command line.
+
By default, the notes shown are from the notes refs listed in the
@@ -66,3 +70,7 @@ being displayed. Examples: "--notes=foo" will show only notes from
--[no-]standard-notes::
These options are deprecated. Use the above --notes/--no-notes
options instead.
+
+--show-signature::
+ Check the validity of a signed commit object by passing the signature
+ to `gpg --verify` and show the output.