--- a/mercurial/help/revisions.txt Tue Jan 10 23:37:08 2017 -0800
+++ b/mercurial/help/revisions.txt Wed Jan 11 11:28:54 2017 -0800
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
treated as sequential offsets from the tip, with -1 denoting the tip,
-2 denoting the revision prior to the tip, and so forth.
-A 40-digit hexadecimal string is treated as a unique revision
-identifier.
-
+A 40-digit hexadecimal string is treated as a unique revision identifier.
A hexadecimal string less than 40 characters long is treated as a
unique revision identifier and is referred to as a short-form
identifier. A short-form identifier is only valid if it is the prefix