The patch can be provided on stdin or as a file. Alternatively, when
an argument is given that does not point to an existing file, it is
-taken as a reference to a commit in the current repository, and
+taken as a reference to a commit in the current git repository, and
L<git-format-patch(1)> is used to generate the patch.
=head1 OPTIONS
=over
-=item -w PREFIX[,PREFIX], --want=PREFIX[,PREFIX]
+=item -w PREFIX[,PREFIX]
+
+=item --want=PREFIX[,PREFIX]
Search prefixes to use. C<dfpost> (post-image git blob ID) and C<dfn>
(file names from the diff) are the most useful. Other available
=item --stdin
-Read patch from stdin.
+Read message from stdin. This is implicit if no arguments are given
+and stdin is a pipe or regular file.
=item --debug
This information can be useful for seeing how a patch is processed,
but the format should not be considered stable.
-=item -q, --quiet
+=item -q
+
+=item --quiet
Suppress feedback messages.