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@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ <h2 id="_options">OPTIONS</h2>
 <dd>
 <p>
         Tell the command to automatically stage files that have
-        been modified and deleted, but new files you have not
+        been modified or deleted, but new files you have not
         told Git about are not affected.
 </p>
 </dd>