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@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git help' [-a|--all [--[no-]verbose]]
- [[-i|--info] [-m|--man] [-w|--web]] [COMMAND|GUIDE]
+ [[-i|--info] [-m|--man] [-w|--web]] [<command>|<guide>]
'git help' [-g|--guides]
'git help' [-c|--config]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-With no options and no COMMAND or GUIDE given, the synopsis of the 'git'
+With no options and no '<command>' or '<guide>' given, the synopsis of the 'git'
command and a list of the most commonly used Git commands are printed
on the standard output.
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ variables.
If an alias is given, git shows the definition of the alias on
standard output. To get the manual page for the aliased command, use
-`git COMMAND --help`.
+`git <command> --help`.
Note that `git --help ...` is identical to `git help ...` because the
former is internally converted into the latter.