--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Thu Apr 09 20:00:48 2009 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Fri Apr 10 13:06:02 2009 +0200
@@ -1991,7 +1991,7 @@
 
     Print a list of version controlled files for the given revision.
     If no revision is given, the first parent of the working directory
-    is used, or tip if no revision is checked out.
+    is used, or the null revision if none is checked out.
 
     With -v flag, print file permissions, symlink and executable bits.
     With --debug flag, print file revision hashes.