Merge branch 'pb/doc-external-diff-env'
Doc update.
* pb/doc-external-diff-env:
git.txt: correct stale 'GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF' description
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt
index e8ed647..b10ff4c 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
linkgit:git-diff-files[1]
with the `-p` option produces patch text.
You can customize the creation of patch text via the
-`GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF` and the `GIT_DIFF_OPTS` environment variables.
+`GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF` and the `GIT_DIFF_OPTS` environment variables
+(see linkgit:git[1]).
What the -p option produces is slightly different from the traditional
diff format:
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 0bb1cfb..2f72b10 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -551,8 +551,9 @@
`GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF`::
When the environment variable `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF` is set, the
- program named by it is called, instead of the diff invocation
- described above. For a path that is added, removed, or modified,
+ program named by it is called to generate diffs, and Git
+ does not use its builtin diff machinery.
+ For a path that is added, removed, or modified,
`GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF` is called with 7 parameters:
path old-file old-hex old-mode new-file new-hex new-mode
