describe --contains: default to HEAD when no commit-ish is given

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

diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
index d20ca402a11d29cb35efa9d291755c4f9f08bf21..363e50151106d1863a174c902c4d42ab2a1beb54 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-describe - Show the most recent tag that is reachable from a commit
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git describe' [--all] [--tags] [--contains] [--abbrev=<n>] <commit-ish>...
+'git describe' [--all] [--tags] [--contains] [--abbrev=<n>] [<commit-ish>...]
 'git describe' [--all] [--tags] [--contains] [--abbrev=<n>] --dirty[=<mark>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ see the -a and -s options to linkgit:git-tag[1].
 OPTIONS
 -------
 <commit-ish>...::
-       Commit-ish object names to describe.
+       Commit-ish object names to describe.  Defaults to HEAD if omitted.
 
 --dirty[=<mark>]::
        Describe the working tree.