documentation: add missing article

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Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

9 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/config/advice.txt b/Documentation/config/advice.txt
index c5cde1c24e..2737381a11 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/advice.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/advice.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ advice.*::
 +
 --
 	ambiguousFetchRefspec::
-		Advice shown when fetch refspec for multiple remotes maps to
+		Advice shown when a fetch refspec for multiple remotes maps to
 		the same remote-tracking branch namespace and causes branch
 		tracking set-up to fail.
 	fetchShowForcedUpdates::
diff --git a/Documentation/config/commit.txt b/Documentation/config/commit.txt
index bcb46cf630..62f0d92fda 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/commit.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ commit.cleanup::
 	This setting overrides the default of the `--cleanup` option in
 	`git commit`. See linkgit:git-commit[1] for details. Changing the
 	default can be useful when you always want to keep lines that begin
-	with comment character `#` in your log message, in which case you
+	with the comment character `#` in your log message, in which case you
 	would do `git config commit.cleanup whitespace` (note that you will
 	have to remove the help lines that begin with `#` in the commit log
 	template yourself, if you do this).
diff --git a/Documentation/config/fsck.txt b/Documentation/config/fsck.txt
index 0687e86ba1..5711416106 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/fsck.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/fsck.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Setting an unknown `fsck.<msg-id>` value will cause fsck to die, but
 doing the same for `receive.fsck.<msg-id>` and `fetch.fsck.<msg-id>`
 will only cause git to warn.
 +
-See `Fsck Messages` section of linkgit:git-fsck[1] for supported
+See the `Fsck Messages` section of linkgit:git-fsck[1] for supported
 values of `<msg-id>`.
 
 
diff --git a/Documentation/config/gc.txt b/Documentation/config/gc.txt
index 17e2a8cc17..31f1fff53c 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/gc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/gc.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ See the `gc.bigPackThreshold` configuration variable below. When in
 use, it'll affect how the auto pack limit works.
 
 gc.autoDetach::
-	Make `git gc --auto` return immediately and run in background
+	Make `git gc --auto` return immediately and run in the background
 	if the system supports it. Default is true.
 
 gc.bigPackThreshold::
diff --git a/Documentation/config/gui.txt b/Documentation/config/gui.txt
index 0c087fd8c9..171be774d2 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/gui.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/gui.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ gui.matchTrackingBranch::
 	not. Default: "false".
 
 gui.newBranchTemplate::
-	Is used as suggested name when creating new branches using the
+	Is used as a suggested name when creating new branches using the
 	linkgit:git-gui[1].
 
 gui.pruneDuringFetch::
diff --git a/Documentation/config/man.txt b/Documentation/config/man.txt
index a727d987a8..5a0f82cc23 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/man.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/man.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ man.viewer::
 man.<tool>.cmd::
 	Specify the command to invoke the specified man viewer. The
 	specified command is evaluated in shell with the man page
-	passed as argument. (See linkgit:git-help[1].)
+	passed as an argument. (See linkgit:git-help[1].)
 
 man.<tool>.path::
 	Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
diff --git a/Documentation/config/notes.txt b/Documentation/config/notes.txt
index c7c4811734..43db8e808d 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/notes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/notes.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 notes.mergeStrategy::
 	Which merge strategy to choose by default when resolving notes
 	conflicts.  Must be one of `manual`, `ours`, `theirs`, `union`, or
-	`cat_sort_uniq`.  Defaults to `manual`.  See "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES"
+	`cat_sort_uniq`.  Defaults to `manual`.  See the "NOTES MERGE STRATEGIES"
 	section of linkgit:git-notes[1] for more information on each strategy.
 +
 This setting can be overridden by passing the `--strategy` option to
diff --git a/Documentation/config/sendemail.txt b/Documentation/config/sendemail.txt
index 792e68a445..7fc770ee9e 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/sendemail.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/sendemail.txt
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ sendemail.smtpBatchSize::
 	See also the `--batch-size` option of linkgit:git-send-email[1].
 
 sendemail.smtpReloginDelay::
-	Seconds to wait before reconnecting to smtp server.
+	Seconds to wait before reconnecting to the smtp server.
 	See also the `--relogin-delay` option of linkgit:git-send-email[1].
 
 sendemail.forbidSendmailVariables::
diff --git a/Documentation/config/stash.txt b/Documentation/config/stash.txt
index b9f609ed76..ec1edaeba6 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/stash.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/stash.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 stash.showIncludeUntracked::
 	If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command will show
 	the untracked files of a stash entry.  Defaults to false. See
-	description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
+	the description of the 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
 
 stash.showPatch::
 	If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an
 	option will show the stash entry in patch form.  Defaults to false.
-	See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
+	See the description of the 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
 
 stash.showStat::
 	If this is set to true, the `git stash show` command without an
-	option will show diffstat of the stash entry.  Defaults to true.
-	See description of 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].
+	option will show a diffstat of the stash entry.  Defaults to true.
+	See the description of the 'show' command in linkgit:git-stash[1].