git-checkout.txt: document "git checkout <pathspec>" better

git checkout <pathspec> can be used to reset changes in the working tree.

Signed-off-by: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index d504108..7540e02 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-checkout(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-checkout - Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree
+git-checkout - Switch branches or restore working tree files
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ Omitting <branch> detaches HEAD at the tip of the current branch.
        (i.e.  commit, tag or tree) to update the index for the given
        paths before updating the working tree.
 +
+'git checkout' with <paths> or `--patch` is used to restore modified or
+deleted paths to their original contents from the index or replace paths
+with the contents from a named <tree-ish> (most often a commit-ish).
++
 The index may contain unmerged entries because of a previous failed merge.
 By default, if you try to check out such an entry from the index, the
 checkout operation will fail and nothing will be checked out.