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@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ Usage:
   multi-gitter run [script path] [flags]
 
 Flags:
-      --author-email string     If set, this fields will be used as the email of the committer
-      --author-name string      If set, this fields will be used as the name of the committer
+      --author-email string     Email of the committer. If not set, the global git config setting will be used.
+      --author-name string      Name of the committer. If not set, the global git config setting will be used.
       --base-branch string      The branch which the changes will be based on.
   -B, --branch string           The name of the branch where changes are committed. (default "multi-gitter-branch")
   -m, --commit-message string   The commit message. Will default to title + body if none is set.