From 1b128ab685307c3486a5dc9ebbcfdfefdd6e0b42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marco Hinz <mh.codebro@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 May 2017 12:58:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Doc: clarify g:startify_relative_path

References #284.
---
 doc/startify.txt | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/startify.txt b/doc/startify.txt
index 66e52d2..1ed5a98 100644
--- a/doc/startify.txt
+++ b/doc/startify.txt
@@ -616,8 +616,11 @@ Don't run Startify at Vim startup. You can still call it anytime via
 >
     let g:startify_relative_path = 0
 <
-Show filenames relative to the current working directory instead of as
-absolute paths. This only applies to the "files" list, since the "dir" list is
+If the file is in or below the current working directory, use a relative path.
+Otherwise an absolute path is used. The latter prevents hard to grasp entries
+like `../../../../../foo`.
+
+NOTE: This only applies to the "files" list, since the "dir" list is
 relative by nature.
 
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