[PATCH] docs/pretty-formats: stress that %- removes all preceding line-feeds

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Signed-off-by: SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@xxxxxxxxx>
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A mere plural "line-feeds" was too subtle for me to grasp on first
(and second...) reading.

 Documentation/pretty-formats.txt | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
index 38040e95b..a48d267e2 100644
--- a/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pretty-formats.txt
@@ -213,8 +213,8 @@ If you add a `+` (plus sign) after '%' of a placeholder, a line-feed
 is inserted immediately before the expansion if and only if the
 placeholder expands to a non-empty string.
 
-If you add a `-` (minus sign) after '%' of a placeholder, line-feeds that
-immediately precede the expansion are deleted if and only if the
+If you add a `-` (minus sign) after '%' of a placeholder, all consecutive
+line-feeds immediately preceding the expansion are deleted if and only if the
 placeholder expands to an empty string.
 
 If you add a ` ` (space) after '%' of a placeholder, a space
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2.13.1.505.g7cc9fcafb




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