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diff --git a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
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--- a/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-shortlog.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
git log --pretty=short | 'git shortlog' [-h] [-n] [-s] [-e] [-w]
-'git shortlog' [-n|--numbered] [-s|--summary] [-e|--email] [-w[<width>[,<indent1>[,<indent2>]]]] [<committish>...]
+'git shortlog' [-n|--numbered] [-s|--summary] [-e|--email] [-w[<width>[,<indent1>[,<indent2>]]]] <commit>...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ the first line of the commit message will be shown.
Additionally, "[PATCH]" will be stripped from the commit description.
+If no revisions are passed on the command line and either standard input
+is not a terminal or there is no current branch, 'git shortlog' will
+output a summary of the log read from standard input, without
+reference to the current repository.
+
OPTIONS
-------
@@ -39,6 +44,14 @@ OPTIONS
--email::
Show the email address of each author.
+--format[='<format>']::
+ Instead of the commit subject, use some other information to
+ describe each commit. '<format>' can be any string accepted
+ by the `--format` option of 'git log', such as '{asterisk} [%h] %s'.
+ (See the "PRETTY FORMATS" section of linkgit:git-log[1].)
+
+ Each pretty-printed commit will be rewrapped before it is shown.
+
-w[<width>[,<indent1>[,<indent2>]]]::
Linewrap the output by wrapping each line at `width`. The first
line of each entry is indented by `indent1` spaces, and the second