diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.2.3.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.2.3.txt
index ef8059e6a..610960cfe 100644
--- a/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.2.3.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RelNotes-1.7.2.3.txt
@@ -37,10 +37,3 @@ Fixes since v1.7.2.2
* "git pack-refs --all --prune" did not remove a directory that has
become empty.
-
----
-exec >/var/tmp/1
-echo O=$(git describe maint)
-O=v1.7.2.2
-git shortlog --no-merges $O..maint
-exit 0
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 531789321..93e3b07c6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ unreleased) version of git, that is available from 'master'
branch of the `git.git` repository.
Documentation for older releases are available here:
-* link:v1.7.2.2/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.2.2]
+* link:v1.7.2.3/git.html[documentation for release 1.7.2.3]
* release notes for
+ link:RelNotes-1.7.2.3.txt[1.7.2.3],
link:RelNotes-1.7.2.2.txt[1.7.2.2],
link:RelNotes-1.7.2.1.txt[1.7.2.1],
link:RelNotes-1.7.2.txt[1.7.2].
diff --git a/builtin/merge-recursive.c b/builtin/merge-recursive.c
index d8875d589..3d00adbfc 100644
--- a/builtin/merge-recursive.c
+++ b/builtin/merge-recursive.c
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
#include "tag.h"
#include "merge-recursive.h"
+static const char builtin_merge_recursive_usage[] =
+ "git %s ... -- ...";
+
static const char *better_branch_name(const char *branch)
{
static char githead_env[8 + 40 + 1];
@@ -29,7 +32,7 @@ int cmd_merge_recursive(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
o.subtree_shift = "";
if (argc < 4)
- usagef("%s ... -- ...", argv[0]);
+ usagef(builtin_merge_recursive_usage, argv[0]);
for (i = 1; i < argc; ++i) {
const char *arg = argv[i];