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diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index ac2694d04c..da1c2c6fd7 100644
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+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ Note that this affects all diff-based output types, e.g. those
produced by --stat etc.
--log-size::
- Before the log message print out its size in bytes. Intended
- mainly for porcelain tools consumption. If Git is unable to
- produce a valid value size is set to zero.
- Note that only message is considered, if also a diff is shown
- its size is not included.
+
+ Include a line ``log size <number>'' in the output for each commit,
+ where <number> is the length of that commit's message in bytes.
+ Intended to speed up tools that read log messages from `git log`
+ output by allowing them to allocate space in advance.
-L <start>,<end>:<file>, -L :<regex>:<file>::