[PATCH] Documentation: improve description of "git reset --keep"

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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>


Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/git-reset.txt |    9 ++++++---
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
index 58d9b4c..645f0c1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
@@ -53,9 +53,12 @@ OPTIONS
 	and the current commit in the working tree.
 
 --keep::
-	Resets the index to match the tree recorded by the named commit,
-	but keep changes in the working tree. Aborts if the reset would
-	change files that are already modified in the working tree.
+	Reset the index to the given commit, keeping local changes in
+	the working tree since the current commit, while updating
+	working tree files without local changes to what appears in
+	the given commit.  If a file that is different between the
+	current commit and the given commit has local changes, reset
+	is aborted.
 
 -p::
 --patch::
-- 
1.7.0.1.307.g861f4

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