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-rw-r--r--docs/manpages/git-import-dsc.sgml8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/manpages/git-import-dsc.sgml b/docs/manpages/git-import-dsc.sgml
index 3291b312..74f1fa82 100644
--- a/docs/manpages/git-import-dsc.sgml
+++ b/docs/manpages/git-import-dsc.sgml
@@ -150,14 +150,18 @@
<term><option>--author-is-committer</option>
</term>
<listitem>
- <para>When importing the Debian patch make use the author as comitter.</para>
+ <para>When importing the Debian patch, use the author identity as
+ comitter identity.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--author-date-is-committer-date</option>
</term>
<listitem>
- <para>When importing the Debian patch make use the author date as comitter date.</para>
+ <para>When importing the Debian patch, use the author date as
+ comitter date. <warning><para>Git will subtly misbehave if the
+ committer date of a commit is not later than or equal to all
+ its parents.</para></warning></para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>