-You can either give one patch name for each commit you wish to
-uncommit, or use the --number option and exactly one patch name; StGIT
-will then create numbered patches with the given patch name as prefix.
+By default, the number of the patches to uncommit is determined by the
+number of patch names provided on the command line. First name is used
+for the first patch to uncommit, i.e. for the newest patch.
+
+The --number option specifies the number of patches to uncommit. In
+this case, only one patch name may be specified. It is used as prefix to
+which the patch number is appended.