The existing wording gives an impression that it only gives the contents of the $GIT_DIR/rebase-apply/patch file, i.e. the patch proper, but the option actually emits the entire e-mail message being processed (iow, one of the output files from "git mailsplit"). Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-am.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt index fc3b993c33..fc5750b3b8 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-am.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ default. You can use `--no-utf8` to override this. untouched. --show-current-patch:: - Show the patch being applied when "git am" is stopped because + Show the entire e-mail message "git am" has stopped at, because of conflicts. DISCUSSION -- 2.24.0-rc0-248-ga4c21000fb