commit.txt: clarify how --author argument is used

[git.git] / Documentation / git-clone.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index d15cb17d78784760097fc5137e526d12d10e90e2..dc7d3d17b151d05827925fdcd2806945e2e278cb 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 
 --verbose::
 -v::
-       Run verbosely.
+       Run verbosely. Does not affect the reporting of progress status
+       to the standard error stream.
 
 --progress::
        Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
@@ -149,8 +150,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 
 --template=<template_directory>::
        Specify the directory from which templates will be used;
-       if unset the templates are taken from the installation
-       defined default, typically `/usr/share/git-core/templates`.
+       (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].)
 
 --depth <depth>::
        Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the