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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
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@@ -329,12 +329,13 @@ explained for the configuration variable `core.quotePath` (see
linkgit:git-config[1]).
--name-only::
- Show only names of changed files. The file names are often encoded in UTF-8.
+ Show only the name of each changed file in the post-image tree.
+ The file names are often encoded in UTF-8.
For more information see the discussion about encoding in the linkgit:git-log[1]
manual page.
--name-status::
- Show only names and status of changed files. See the description
+ Show only the name(s) and status of each changed file. See the description
of the `--diff-filter` option on what the status letters mean.
Just like `--name-only` the file names are often encoded in UTF-8.