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diff --git a/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt
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+++ b/Documentation/git-mergetool.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-mergetool - Run merge conflict resolution tools to resolve merge conflicts
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git mergetool' [--tool=<tool>] [-y|--no-prompt|--prompt] [<file>...]
+'git mergetool' [--tool=<tool>] [-y | --[no-]prompt] [<file>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ OPTIONS
-t <tool>::
--tool=<tool>::
Use the merge resolution program specified by <tool>.
- Valid merge tools are:
- araxis, bc3, diffuse, ecmerge, emerge, gvimdiff, kdiff3,
- meld, opendiff, p4merge, tkdiff, tortoisemerge, vimdiff and xxdiff.
+ Valid values include emerge, gvimdiff, kdiff3,
+ meld, vimdiff, and tortoisemerge. Run `git mergetool --tool-help`
+ for the list of valid <tool> settings.
+
If a merge resolution program is not specified, 'git mergetool'
will use the configuration variable `merge.tool`. If the
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ variable `mergetool.<tool>.trustExitCode` can be set to `true`.
Otherwise, 'git mergetool' will prompt the user to indicate the
success of the resolution after the custom tool has exited.
+--tool-help::
+ Print a list of merge tools that may be used with `--tool`.
+
-y::
--no-prompt::
Don't prompt before each invocation of the merge resolution