diff --git a/data/geany.glade b/data/geany.glade
index c73b2e01e..675ffbce1 100644
--- a/data/geany.glade
+++ b/data/geany.glade
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@
                                   <object class="GtkEntry" id="startup_path_entry">
                                     <property name="visible">True</property>
                                     <property name="can_focus">True</property>
-                                    <property name="tooltip_text" translatable="yes">Path to start in when opening or saving files. Must be an absolute path. Leave blank to use the current working directory.</property>
+                                    <property name="tooltip_text" translatable="yes">Path to start in when opening or saving files. Must be an absolute path.</property>
                                     <property name="invisible_char">•</property>
                                     <property name="primary_icon_activatable">False</property>
                                     <property name="secondary_icon_activatable">False</property>
diff --git a/doc/geany.html b/doc/geany.html
index 00c5aa071..a658e2f23 100644
--- a/doc/geany.html
+++ b/doc/geany.html
@@ -2159,8 +2159,7 @@ you open Geany it's in the same location.</dd>
 <dl class="docutils">
 <dt>Startup path</dt>
 <dd>Path to start in when opening or saving files.
-It must be an absolute path.
-Leave it blank to use the current working directory.</dd>
+It must be an absolute path.</dd>
 <dt>Project files</dt>
 <dd>Path to start in when opening project files.</dd>
 <dt>Extra plugin path</dt>
@@ -5982,17 +5981,29 @@ copied into the configured backup directory when the file is saved in Geany.</p>
 <p>This document (<tt class="docutils literal">geany.txt</tt>) is written in <a class="reference external" href="http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html">reStructuredText</a>
 (or &quot;reST&quot;). The source file for it is located in Geany's <tt class="docutils literal">doc</tt>
 subdirectory.  If you intend on making changes, you should grab the
-source right from SVN to make sure you've got the newest version. After
+source right from Git to make sure you've got the newest version. After
 editing the file, to build the HTML document to see how your changes
 look, run &quot;<tt class="docutils literal">make doc</tt>&quot; in the subdirectory <tt class="docutils literal">doc</tt> of Geany's source
 directory. This regenerates the <tt class="docutils literal">geany.html</tt> file. To generate a PDF
 file, use the command &quot;<tt class="docutils literal">make pdf</tt>&quot; which should generate a file called
 geany-1.22.pdf.</p>
-<p>After you are happy with your changes, create a patch:</p>
+<p>After you are happy with your changes, create a patch e.g. by using:</p>
 <pre class="literal-block">
-% svn diff geany.txt &gt; foo.patch
+% git diff geany.txt &gt; foo.patch
+</pre>
+<p>or even better, by creating a Git-formatted patch which will keep authoring
+and description data, by first committing your changes (doing so in a fresh
+new branch is recommended for <cite>matser</cite> not to diverge from upstream) and then
+using git format-patch:</p>
+<pre class="literal-block">
+% git checkout -b my-documentation-changes # create a fresh branch
+% git commit geany.txt
+Write a good commit message...
+% git format-patch HEAD^
+% git checkout master # go back to master
 </pre>
 <p>and then submit that file to the mailing list for review.</p>
+<p>Also you can clone the Geany repository at GitHub and send a pull request.</p>
 <p>Note, you will need the Python docutils software package installed
 to build the docs. The package is named <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">python-docutils</span></tt> on Debian
 and Fedora systems.</p>
@@ -6776,7 +6787,7 @@ USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.</p>
 <div class="footer">
 <hr class="footer" />
 <a class="reference external" href="geany.txt">View document source</a>.
-Generated on: 2012-04-25 14:39 UTC.
+Generated on: 2012-06-04 21:07 UTC.
 Generated by <a class="reference external" href="http://docutils.sourceforge.net/">Docutils</a> from <a class="reference external" href="http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html">reStructuredText</a> source.
 
 </div>
diff --git a/doc/geany.txt b/doc/geany.txt
index 671618081..0a8969c1c 100644
--- a/doc/geany.txt
+++ b/doc/geany.txt
@@ -1763,7 +1763,6 @@ Paths
 Startup path
     Path to start in when opening or saving files.
     It must be an absolute path.
-    Leave it blank to use the current working directory.
 
 Project files
     Path to start in when opening project files.