diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 253f4f03c53..cca14d6b5df 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -111,11 +111,11 @@ OPTIONS --depth :: Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the - specified number of revs. A shallow repository has + specified number of revisions. A shallow repository has a number of limitations (you cannot clone or fetch from it, nor push from nor into it), but is adequate if you - want to only look at near the tip of a large project - with a long history, and would want to send in a fixes + are only interested in the recent history of a large project + with a long history, and would want to send in fixes as patches. ::