diff --git a/man/git-guilt.1 b/man/git-guilt.1
index 2a26494..0752403 100644
--- a/man/git-guilt.1
+++ b/man/git-guilt.1
@@ -7,10 +7,16 @@
 \fBgit\-guilt\fR \- calculate change between two revisions
 .
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
-git guilt [<option>] <since> <until>
+\fBgit guilt\fR [<option>]
+.
+.br
+\fBgit guilt\fR [<option>] <since> [<until>]
 .
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
-Calculate the change in blame between two revisions
+In the first form, shows total blame count for files with unstaged changes\.
+.
+.P
+In the second form, calculates the change in blame between two revisions\. If not specified, <until> will default to HEAD\.
 .
 .SH "OPTIONS"
 \-h, \-\-help
@@ -37,13 +43,30 @@ Ignore whitespace only changes when attributing blame
 Output debug information
 .
 .SH "Examples"
+Find blame on unstaged modified files:
+.
+.IP "" 4
+.
+.nf
+
+$ git guilt      (1)
+spacewander                   ++++
+
+(1) There is only one modified file and it is not staged\. The four
+plusses means that the file has four lines, all contributed by spacewander\.
+.
+.fi
+.
+.IP "" 0
+.
+.P
 Find blame delta between two commits:
 .
 .IP "" 4
 .
 .nf
 
-$ git guilt HEAD~2 HEAD
+$ git guilt HEAD~3 HEAD^
 spacewander                   +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++(115)
 Jesse Sipprell                \-
 .
@@ -58,7 +81,7 @@ Find blame delta over the last three weeks:
 .
 .nf
 
-$ git guilt `git log \-\-until="3 weeks ago" \-\-format="%H" \-n 1` HEAD
+$ git guilt `git log \-\-until="3 weeks ago" \-\-format="%H" \-n 1`
 Paul Schreiber                +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++(349)
 spacewander                   +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++(113)
 Mark Eissler                  ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
diff --git a/man/git-guilt.html b/man/git-guilt.html
index 1ecb829..c6b7593 100644
--- a/man/git-guilt.html
+++ b/man/git-guilt.html
@@ -76,11 +76,15 @@
 
 <h2 id="SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</h2>
 
-<p>git guilt [&lt;option&gt;] &lt;since&gt; &lt;until&gt;</p>
+<p><code>git guilt</code> [&lt;option&gt;]<br />
+<code>git guilt</code> [&lt;option&gt;] &lt;since&gt; [&lt;until&gt;]</p>
 
 <h2 id="DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</h2>
 
-<p>Calculate the change in blame between two revisions</p>
+<p>In the first form, shows total blame count for files with unstaged changes.</p>
+
+<p>In the second form, calculates the change in blame between two revisions.
+If not specified, &lt;until&gt; will default to HEAD.</p>
 
 <h2 id="OPTIONS">OPTIONS</h2>
 
@@ -102,16 +106,25 @@
 
 <h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2>
 
+<p>Find blame on unstaged modified files:</p>
+
+<pre><code>$ git guilt      (1)
+spacewander                   ++++
+
+(1) There is only one modified file and it is not staged. The four
+plusses means that the file has four lines, all contributed by spacewander.
+</code></pre>
+
 <p>Find blame delta between two commits:</p>
 
-<pre><code>$ git guilt HEAD~2 HEAD
+<pre><code>$ git guilt HEAD~3 HEAD^
 spacewander                   +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++(115)
 Jesse Sipprell                -
 </code></pre>
 
 <p>Find blame delta over the last three weeks:</p>
 
-<pre><code>$ git guilt `git log --until="3 weeks ago" --format="%H" -n 1` HEAD 
+<pre><code>$ git guilt `git log --until="3 weeks ago" --format="%H" -n 1`
 Paul Schreiber                +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++(349)
 spacewander                   +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++(113)
 Mark Eissler                  ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
@@ -135,7 +148,7 @@ spacewander                   +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++(112)
 
 <h2 id="AUTHOR">AUTHOR</h2>
 
-<p>Written by spacewander &lt;<a href="&#x6d;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#116;&#x6f;&#58;&#115;&#x70;&#x61;&#x63;&#101;&#x77;&#97;&#110;&#100;&#101;&#x72;&#x6c;&#x7a;&#120;&#64;&#x67;&#109;&#97;&#x69;&#108;&#46;&#x63;&#111;&#109;" data-bare-link="true">&#x73;&#112;&#x61;&#x63;&#101;&#119;&#97;&#x6e;&#x64;&#x65;&#114;&#108;&#122;&#120;&#64;&#x67;&#x6d;&#x61;&#105;&#108;&#x2e;&#99;&#x6f;&#x6d;</a>&gt;</p>
+<p>Written by spacewander &lt;<a href="&#x6d;&#97;&#x69;&#108;&#x74;&#x6f;&#x3a;&#115;&#112;&#97;&#99;&#x65;&#x77;&#97;&#x6e;&#100;&#101;&#114;&#108;&#122;&#120;&#64;&#x67;&#x6d;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#x6d;" data-bare-link="true">&#x73;&#112;&#97;&#x63;&#x65;&#119;&#97;&#110;&#100;&#101;&#114;&#x6c;&#122;&#120;&#x40;&#103;&#109;&#x61;&#105;&#x6c;&#x2e;&#99;&#111;&#x6d;</a>&gt;</p>
 
 <h2 id="REPORTING-BUGS">REPORTING BUGS</h2>
 
diff --git a/man/git-guilt.md b/man/git-guilt.md
index 2848419..983ed1a 100644
--- a/man/git-guilt.md
+++ b/man/git-guilt.md
@@ -3,11 +3,15 @@ git-guilt(1) -- calculate change between two revisions
 
 ## SYNOPSIS
 
-git guilt [&lt;option&gt;] &lt;since&gt; &lt;until&gt;
+`git guilt` [&lt;option&gt;]<br>
+`git guilt` [&lt;option&gt;] &lt;since&gt; [&lt;until&gt;]
 
 ## DESCRIPTION
 
-Calculate the change in blame between two revisions
+In the first form, shows total blame count for files with unstaged changes.
+
+In the second form, calculates the change in blame between two revisions.
+If not specified, &lt;until&gt; will default to HEAD.
 
 ## OPTIONS
 
@@ -29,15 +33,23 @@ Calculate the change in blame between two revisions
 
 ## Examples
 
+Find blame on unstaged modified files:
+
+    $ git guilt      (1)
+    spacewander                   ++++
+
+    (1) There is only one modified file and it is not staged. The four
+    plusses means that the file has four lines, all contributed by spacewander.
+
 Find blame delta between two commits:
 
-    $ git guilt HEAD~2 HEAD
+    $ git guilt HEAD~3 HEAD^
     spacewander                   +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++(115)
     Jesse Sipprell                -
 
 Find blame delta over the last three weeks:
 
-    $ git guilt `git log --until="3 weeks ago" --format="%H" -n 1` HEAD 
+    $ git guilt `git log --until="3 weeks ago" --format="%H" -n 1`
     Paul Schreiber                +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++(349)
     spacewander                   +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++(113)
     Mark Eissler                  ++++++++++++++++++++++++++