In general, using the parentheses disrupts the flow and reduces readability, so they should be avoided whenever possible. The improved sentence is a clear example, in which the adjustment is obvious and simple. Signed-off-by: Dragan Simic <dsimic@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index 728bb3821c17..a5019ab46926 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -239,8 +239,8 @@ the patches (with a value of e.g. "PATCH my-project"). variable, or 64 if unconfigured. --rfc:: - Prepends "RFC" to the subject prefix (producing "RFC PATCH" by - default). RFC means "Request For Comments"; use this when sending + Prepends "RFC" to the subject prefix, producing "RFC PATCH" by + default. RFC means "Request For Comments"; use this when sending an experimental patch for discussion rather than application. -v <n>::