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-rw-r--r--Documentation/diff-options.txt6
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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index ee256ec077..48a5012748 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ ifdef::git-log[]
-m:::
This option makes diff output for merge commits to be shown in
the default format. `-m` will produce the output only if `-p`
- is given as well. The default format could be changed using
- `log.diffMerges` configuration parameter, which default value
- is `separate`.
+ is given as well. The default format can be specified using
+ the configuration variable `log.diffMerges` (see
+ linkgit:git-config[1]). It defaults to `separate`.
+
--diff-merges=first-parent:::
--diff-merges=1:::