--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Wed Apr 08 23:17:33 2009 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Fri Apr 10 13:00:28 2009 +0200
@@ -1966,11 +1966,8 @@
     """output the current or given revision of the project manifest
 
     Print a list of version controlled files for the given revision.
-    If no revision is given, the parent of the working directory is used,
-    or tip if no revision is checked out.
-
-    The manifest is the list of files being version controlled. If no revision
-    is given then the first parent of the working directory is used.
+    If no revision is given, the first parent of the working directory
+    is used, or the null revision if none is checked out.
 
     With -v flag, print file permissions, symlink and executable bits. With
     --debug flag, print file revision hashes.