[PATCH v2 09/10] Documentation: clarify/correct a few sparsity related statements

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From: Elijah Newren <newren@xxxxxxxxx>

Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/git-clone.txt           | 8 ++++----
 Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 3fe3810f1ce..b348a71fc68 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -167,10 +167,10 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 	configuration variables are created.
 
 --sparse::
-	Initialize the sparse-checkout file so the working
-	directory starts with only the files in the root
-	of the repository. The sparse-checkout file can be
-	modified to grow the working directory as needed.
+	Employ a sparse-checkout, with only files in the toplevel
+	directory initially being present.  The
+	linkgit:git-sparse-checkout[1] command can be used to grow the
+	working directory as needed.
 
 --filter=<filter-spec>::
 	Use the partial clone feature and request that the server sends
diff --git a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
index c7a25e282e7..aca36782cef 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ SPARSE CHECKOUT
 It uses the skip-worktree bit (see linkgit:git-update-index[1]) to tell
 Git whether a file in the working directory is worth looking at. If
 the skip-worktree bit is set, then the file is ignored in the working
-directory. Git will not populate the contents of those files, which
+directory. Git will avoid populating the contents of those files, which
 makes a sparse checkout helpful when working in a repository with many
 files, but only a few are important to the current user.
 
-- 
gitgitgadget




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