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diff --git a/Documentation/git-blame.txt b/Documentation/git-blame.txt
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+++ b/Documentation/git-blame.txt
@@ -118,9 +118,12 @@ SPECIFYING RANGES
Unlike `git-blame` and `git-annotate` in older git, the extent
of annotation can be limited to both line ranges and revision
ranges. When you are interested in finding the origin for
-ll. 40-60 for file `foo`, you can use `-L` option like this:
+ll. 40-60 for file `foo`, you can use `-L` option like these
+(they mean the same thing -- both ask for 21 lines starting at
+line 40):
git blame -L 40,60 foo
+ git blame -L 40,+21 foo
Also you can use regular expression to specify the line range.