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diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt
index 0d8ba48..12879e4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-am.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git am' [--signoff] [--keep] [--[no-]keep-cr] [--[no-]utf8]
- [--3way] [--interactive] [--committer-date-is-author-date]
+ [--[no-]3way] [--interactive] [--committer-date-is-author-date]
[--ignore-date] [--ignore-space-change | --ignore-whitespace]
[--whitespace=<option>] [-C<n>] [-p<n>] [--directory=<dir>]
[--exclude=<path>] [--include=<path>] [--reject] [-q | --quiet]
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ OPTIONS
--signoff::
Add a `Signed-off-by:` line to the commit message, using
the committer identity of yourself.
+ See the signoff option in linkgit:git-commit[1] for more information.
-k::
--keep::
@@ -90,10 +91,13 @@ default. You can use `--no-utf8` to override this.
-3::
--3way::
+--no-3way::
When the patch does not apply cleanly, fall back on
3-way merge if the patch records the identity of blobs
it is supposed to apply to and we have those blobs
- available locally.
+ available locally. `--no-3way` can be used to override
+ am.threeWay configuration variable. For more information,
+ see am.threeWay in linkgit:git-config[1].
--ignore-space-change::
--ignore-whitespace::
@@ -112,7 +116,8 @@ default. You can use `--no-utf8` to override this.
By default the command will try to detect the patch format
automatically. This option allows the user to bypass the automatic
detection and specify the patch format that the patch(es) should be
- interpreted as. Valid formats are mbox, stgit, stgit-series and hg.
+ interpreted as. Valid formats are mbox, mboxrd,
+ stgit, stgit-series and hg.
-i::
--interactive::
@@ -138,7 +143,9 @@ default. You can use `--no-utf8` to override this.
-S[<keyid>]::
--gpg-sign[=<keyid>]::
- GPG-sign commits.
+ GPG-sign commits. The `keyid` argument is optional and
+ defaults to the committer identity; if specified, it must be
+ stuck to the option without a space.
--continue::
-r::
@@ -192,12 +199,12 @@ When initially invoking `git am`, you give it the names of the mailboxes
to process. Upon seeing the first patch that does not apply, it
aborts in the middle. You can recover from this in one of two ways:
-. skip the current patch by re-running the command with the '--skip'
+. skip the current patch by re-running the command with the `--skip`
option.
. hand resolve the conflict in the working directory, and update
the index file to bring it into a state that the patch should
- have produced. Then run the command with the '--continue' option.
+ have produced. Then run the command with the `--continue` option.
The command refuses to process new mailboxes until the current
operation is finished, so if you decide to start over from scratch,