git-difftool.txt: correct the description of $BASE and describe $MERGED

[~andy/git] / Documentation / git-difftool.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
index 8250bad2ce95245ca8e2a41c0740d0029b92ae4b..498b1610f46ce7a4778c0e76f36d212d2a605fae 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-difftool.txt
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ the configured command line will be invoked with the following
 variables available: `$LOCAL` is set to the name of the temporary
 file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and `$REMOTE`
 is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents
-of the diff post-image.  `$BASE` is provided for compatibility
-with custom merge tool commands and has the same value as `$LOCAL`.
+of the diff post-image.  `$MERGED` is the name of the file which is
+being compared. `$BASE` is provided for compatibility
+with custom merge tool commands and has the same value as `$MERGED`.
 
 -x <command>::
 --extcmd=<command>::