changeset 14546:99a7cd924636

revert: replace mention of 'roll back' with pointer to 'backout'
author Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
date Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:54:17 -0500
parents 02cb342950d3
children a6cc0f2d0365
files mercurial/commands.py
diffstat 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Tue Jun 07 14:51:18 2011 -0500
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Tue Jun 07 14:54:17 2011 -0500
@@ -4098,10 +4098,11 @@
     state and unschedules adds, removes, copies, and renames.
 
     Using the -r/--rev or -d/--date options, revert the given files or
-    directories to their contents as of a specific revision. This can
-    be helpful to "roll back" some or all of an earlier change.
-    Because revert does not change the working directory parents, this
-    will cause these files to appear modified.
+    directories to their contents as of a specific revision. Because
+    revert does not change the working directory parents, this will
+    cause these files to appear modified. This can be helpful to "back
+    out" some or all of an earlier change.
+
 
     If names are given, all files matching the names are reverted.
     If no arguments are given, no files are reverted.