Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.5.5.1-248-g4b17 
diff --git a/git-describe.txt b/git-describe.txt index d9aa2f2..69e1ab7 100644 --- a/git-describe.txt +++ b/git-describe.txt 
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@  DESCRIPTION  -----------  The command finds the most recent tag that is reachable from a -commit, and if the commit itself is pointed at by the tag, shows -the tag. Otherwise, it suffixes the tag name with the number of -additional commits and the abbreviated object name of the commit. +commit. If the tag points to the commit, then only the tag is +shown. Otherwise, it suffixes the tag name with the number of +additional commits on top of the tagged object and the +abbreviated object name of the most recent commit.      OPTIONS