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diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt
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--- a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ git-mergetool - Run merge conflict resolution tools to resolve merge conflicts
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git mergetool' [--tool=<tool>] [-y|--no-prompt|--prompt] [<file>]...
+[verse]
+'git mergetool' [--tool=<tool>] [-y|--no-prompt|--prompt] [<file>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -26,8 +27,8 @@ OPTIONS
--tool=<tool>::
Use the merge resolution program specified by <tool>.
Valid merge tools are:
- kdiff3, tkdiff, meld, xxdiff, emerge, vimdiff, gvimdiff, ecmerge,
- diffuse, tortoisemerge, opendiff, p4merge and araxis.
+ araxis, bc3, diffuse, ecmerge, emerge, gvimdiff, kdiff3,
+ meld, opendiff, p4merge, tkdiff, tortoisemerge, vimdiff and xxdiff.
+
If a merge resolution program is not specified, 'git mergetool'
will use the configuration variable `merge.tool`. If the
@@ -72,13 +73,15 @@ success of the resolution after the custom tool has exited.
This is the default behaviour; the option is provided to
override any configuration settings.
-Author
-------
-Written by Theodore Y Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
+TEMPORARY FILES
+---------------
+`git mergetool` creates `*.orig` backup files while resolving merges.
+These are safe to remove once a file has been merged and its
+`git mergetool` session has completed.
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Theodore Y Ts'o.
+Setting the `mergetool.keepBackup` configuration variable to `false`
+causes `git mergetool` to automatically remove the backup as files
+are successfully merged.
GIT
---