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   <dd>Stage local changes at the specified paths for inclusion in the next
       commit. Paths may be staged if they are added, modified, or deleted
       according to <code class="Cm">got status</code>.
+    <p class="Pp">Show the status of each affected file, using the following
+        status codes:</p>
+    <table class="Bl-column">
+      <tr>
+        <td>A</td>
+        <td>file addition has been staged</td>
+      </tr>
+      <tr>
+        <td>M</td>
+        <td>file modification has been staged</td>
+      </tr>
+      <tr>
+        <td>D</td>
+        <td>file deletion has been staged</td>
+      </tr>
+    </table>
+    <p class="Pp">Staged file contents are saved in newly created blob objects
+        in the repository. These blobs will be referred to by tree objects once
+        staged changes have been committed.</p>
     <p class="Pp">Staged changes affect the behaviour of <code class="Cm">got
         commit</code>, <code class="Cm">got status</code>, and
         <code class="Cm">got diff</code>. While paths with staged changes exist,
@@ -961,23 +980,9 @@
     <dl class="Bl-tag">
       <dt><a class="permalink" href="#l_4"><code class="Fl" id="l_4">-l</code></a></dt>
       <dd>Instead of staging new changes, list paths which are already staged,
-          along with the IDs of corresponding blob objects. Indicate staged
-          status using the following status codes:
-        <table class="Bl-column">
-          <tr>
-            <td>A</td>
-            <td>file addition is staged</td>
-          </tr>
-          <tr>
-            <td>M</td>
-            <td>file modification is staged</td>
-          </tr>
-          <tr>
-            <td>D</td>
-            <td>file deletion is staged</td>
-          </tr>
-        </table>
-      </dd>
+          along with the IDs of staged blob objects and stage status codes. If
+          paths were provided in the command line show the staged paths among
+          the specified paths. Otherwise, show all staged paths.</dd>
     </dl>
     <p class="Pp"><code class="Cm">got stage</code> will refuse to run if
         certain preconditions are not met. If a file contains merge conflicts,
@@ -1230,7 +1235,7 @@ Clone an existing Git repository for use with <code cl
 </div>
 <table class="foot">
   <tr>
-    <td class="foot-date">August 4, 2019</td>
+    <td class="foot-date">August 5, 2019</td>
     <td class="foot-os">OpenBSD 6.5</td>
   </tr>
 </table>