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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-log.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitk.txt3
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 3726ca0d44..59c42c29d2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ produced by `--stat`, etc.
(or the function name regex <funcname>) within the <file>. You may
not give any pathspec limiters. This is currently limited to
a walk starting from a single revision, i.e., you may only
- give zero or one positive revision arguments.
+ give zero or one positive revision arguments, and
+ <start> and <end> (or <funcname>) must exist in the starting revision.
You can specify this option more than once. Implies `--patch`.
Patch output can be suppressed using `--no-patch`, but other diff formats
(namely `--raw`, `--numstat`, `--shortstat`, `--dirstat`, `--summary`,
diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt
index c487af5b74..c653ebb6a8 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitk.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitk.txt
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ linkgit:git-rev-list[1] for a complete list.
(or the function name regex <funcname>) within the <file>. You may
not give any pathspec limiters. This is currently limited to
a walk starting from a single revision, i.e., you may only
- give zero or one positive revision arguments.
+ give zero or one positive revision arguments, and
+ <start> and <end> (or <funcname>) must exist in the starting revision.
You can specify this option more than once. Implies `--patch`.
Patch output can be suppressed using `--no-patch`, but other diff formats
(namely `--raw`, `--numstat`, `--shortstat`, `--dirstat`, `--summary`,