doc/log: correct default for --decorate

[thirdparty/git.git] / Documentation / git-log.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 1bbf865a1b2d4f3157395d5f82a6bb47f4029b93..0498e7bacbe8ccf2b097e6c53464743c81f64eca 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ OPTIONS
        full ref name (including prefix) will be printed. If 'auto' is
        specified, then if the output is going to a terminal, the ref names
        are shown as if 'short' were given, otherwise no ref names are
-       shown. The default option is 'short'.
+       shown. The option `--decorate` is short-hand for `--decorate=short`.
+       Default to configuration value of `log.decorate` if configured,
+       otherwise, `auto`.
 
 --decorate-refs=<pattern>::
 --decorate-refs-exclude=<pattern>::