Signed-off-by: Thomas Ackermann <th.ac...@arcor.de>
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 Documentation/glossary-content.txt | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt 
b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index ab02238..05bfebc 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ to point at the new commit.
        created. Configured via the `.git/info/grafts` file.
 
 [[def_hash]]hash::
-       In Git's context, synonym to <<def_object_name,object name>>.
+       In Git's context, synonym for <<def_object_name,object name>>.
 
 [[def_head]]head::
        A <<def_ref,named reference>> to the <<def_commit,commit>> at the tip 
of a
@@ -230,10 +230,9 @@ This commit is referred to as a "merge commit", or 
sometimes just a
        Synonym for <<def_object_name,object name>>.
 
 [[def_object_name]]object name::
-       The unique identifier of an <<def_object,object>>. The <<def_hash,hash>>
-       of the object's contents using the Secure Hash Algorithm
-       1 and usually represented by the 40 character hexadecimal encoding of
-       the <<def_hash,hash>> of the object.
+       The unique identifier of an <<def_object,object>>: The 
<<def_SHA1,SHA1>> hash
+       of the object's contents. The object name is usually represented by the 
+       40 character hexadecimal encoding of the hash value.
 
 [[def_object_type]]object type::
        One of the identifiers "<<def_commit_object,commit>>",
@@ -426,7 +425,8 @@ should not be combined with other pathspec.
        Source code management (tool).
 
 [[def_SHA1]]SHA1::
-       Synonym for <<def_object_name,object name>>.
+       "Secure Hash Algorithm 1"; a cryptographic hash function. 
+       In the context of Git used as a synonym for <<def_object_name,object 
name>>.
 
 [[def_shallow_repository]]shallow repository::
        A shallow <<def_repository,repository>> has an incomplete
-- 
1.8.1.msysgit.1


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