Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.6.2.2-471-g6da14

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/gitignore.txt b/gitignore.txt
index 59321a2e8..7df3cef46 100644
--- a/gitignore.txt
+++ b/gitignore.txt
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ precedence, the last matching pattern decides the outcome):
 
  * Patterns read from a `.gitignore` file in the same directory
    as the path, or in any parent directory, with patterns in the
-   higher level files (up to the root) being overridden by those in
-   lower level files down to the directory containing the file.
+   higher level files (up to the toplevel of the work tree) being overridden
+   by those in lower level files down to the directory containing the file.
    These patterns match relative to the location of the
    `.gitignore` file.  A project normally includes such
    `.gitignore` files in its repository, containing patterns for