diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index 5629ba4c5d..6363d674b7 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below. + By default, or when `no-rebase-cousins` was specified, commits which do not have `` as direct ancestor will keep their original branch point, -i.e. commits that would be excluded by gitlink:git-log[1]'s +i.e. commits that would be excluded by linkgit:git-log[1]'s `--ancestry-path` option will keep their original ancestry by default. If the `rebase-cousins` mode is turned on, such commits are instead rebased onto `` (or ``, if specified).