Documentation/git-pull: clarify configuration

[git.git] / Documentation / git-pull.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
index c50f7dcb890139d829bae51c30b513d54fd7761e..e1b0bd2868e5f4c489f698038c4d4aaae7740c52 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
@@ -92,12 +92,14 @@ include::merge-options.txt[]
 :git-pull: 1
 
 --rebase::
-       Instead of a merge, perform a rebase after fetching.  If
-       there is a remote ref for the upstream branch, and this branch
-       was rebased since last fetched, the rebase uses that information
-       to avoid rebasing non-local changes. To make this the default
-       for branch `<name>`, set configuration `branch.<name>.rebase`
-       to `true`.
+       Rebase the current branch on top of the upstream branch after
+       fetching.  If there is a remote-tracking branch corresponding to
+       the upstream branch and the upstream branch was rebased since last
+       fetched, the rebase uses that information to avoid rebasing
+       non-local changes.
++
+See `branch.<name>.rebase` in linkgit:git-config[1] if you want to make
+`git pull` always use `{litdd}rebase` instead of merging.
 +
 [NOTE]
 This is a potentially _dangerous_ mode of operation.