[PATCH] Rephrased git-describe description

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git-describe: Make description more readable.

Signed-off-by: Ian Hilt <ian.hilt@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/git-describe.txt |    7 ++++---
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-describe.txt b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
index d9aa2f2..69e1ab7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-describe.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-describe.txt
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ SYNOPSIS
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 The command finds the most recent tag that is reachable from a
-commit, and if the commit itself is pointed at by the tag, shows
-the tag.  Otherwise, it suffixes the tag name with the number of
-additional commits and the abbreviated object name of the commit.
+commit.  If the tag points to the commit, then only the tag is
+shown.  Otherwise, it suffixes the tag name with the number of
+additional commits on top of the tagged object and the
+abbreviated object name of the most recent commit.
 
 
 OPTIONS
-- 
1.5.3.7

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