Re: [PATCH v4 09/10] Documentation: clarify/correct a few sparsity related statements

  --sparse::
-	Initialize the sparse-checkout file so the working
-	directory starts with only the files in the root
-	of the repository. The sparse-checkout file can be
-	modified to grow the working directory as needed.
+	Employ a sparse-checkout, with only files in the toplevel
+	directory initially being present.  The
+	linkgit:git-sparse-checkout[1] command can be used to grow the
+	working directory as needed.
  

  It uses the skip-worktree bit (see linkgit:git-update-index[1]) to tell
  Git whether a file in the working directory is worth looking at. If
  the skip-worktree bit is set, then the file is ignored in the working
-directory. Git will not populate the contents of those files, which
+directory. Git will avoid populating the contents of those files, which
  makes a sparse checkout helpful when working in a repository with many
  files, but only a few are important to the current user.