diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt index ff41784c6..48c171512 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-log.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ OPTIONS -:: Limits the number of commits to show. + Note that this is a commit limiting option, see below. ..:: Show only commits between the named two commits. When diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt index 9c47ad885..46b7e64c8 100644 --- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt @@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ Commit Limiting Besides specifying a range of commits that should be listed using the special notations explained in the description, additional commit -limiting may be applied. +limiting may be applied. Note that they are applied before commit +ordering and formatting options, such as '--reverse'. --