The gpg --verify usage example within the 'gpg.program' variable reference provides an incorrect example of the gpg --verify command arguments. The command argument order, when providing both a detached signature and data, should be signature first and data second: https://gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg/Operational-GPG-Commands.html#index-verify . Signed-off-by: Robert T Morgan robert.thomas.morgan@xxxxxxxxx [robert.thomas.morgan@xxxxxxxxx] Robert Morgan (1): gpg(docs): use correct --verify syntax Documentation/config/gpg.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) base-commit: 6d5b26420848ec3bc7eae46a7ffa54f20276249d Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-285%2Frtmorgan%2Fpatch-1-v1 Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-285/rtmorgan/patch-1-v1 Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/285 -- gitgitgadget