diff --git a/Documentation/blame-options.txt b/Documentation/blame-options.txt
index 88750af..dc3bceb 100644
--- a/Documentation/blame-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/blame-options.txt
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@
 
 -L <start>,<end>::
 -L :<funcname>::
-	Annotate only the given line range. May be specified multiple times.
-	Overlapping ranges are allowed.
+	Annotate only the line range given by '<start>,<end>',
+	or by the function name regex '<funcname>'.
+	May be specified multiple times. Overlapping ranges are allowed.
 +
-<start> and <end> are optional. ``-L <start>'' or ``-L <start>,'' spans from
-<start> to end of file. ``-L ,<end>'' spans from start of file to <end>.
+'<start>' and '<end>' are optional. `-L <start>` or `-L <start>,` spans from
+'<start>' to end of file. `-L ,<end>` spans from start of file to '<end>'.
 +
 include::line-range-format.txt[]
 
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index 2e7a938..746b144 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -704,7 +704,10 @@
 
 -W::
 --function-context::
-	Show whole surrounding functions of changes.
+	Show whole function as context lines for each change.
+	The function names are determined in the same way as
+	`git diff` works out patch hunk headers (see 'Defining a
+	custom hunk-header' in linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
 
 ifndef::git-format-patch[]
 ifndef::git-log[]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
index 6077ff0..4e0ba82 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
 --show-function::
 	Show the preceding line that contains the function name of
 	the match, unless the matching line is a function name itself.
-	The name is determined in the same way as 'git diff' works out
+	The name is determined in the same way as `git diff` works out
 	patch hunk headers (see 'Defining a custom hunk-header' in
 	linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
 
@@ -266,7 +266,9 @@
 	Show the surrounding text from the previous line containing a
 	function name up to the one before the next function name,
 	effectively showing the whole function in which the match was
-	found.
+	found. The function names are determined in the same way as
+	`git diff` works out patch hunk headers (see 'Defining a
+	custom hunk-header' in linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
 
 --threads <num>::
 	Number of grep worker threads to use.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-log.txt b/Documentation/git-log.txt
index 2b8ac5f..dd189a3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-log.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-log.txt
@@ -77,20 +77,7 @@
 	Intended to speed up tools that read log messages from `git log`
 	output by allowing them to allocate space in advance.
 
--L <start>,<end>:<file>::
--L :<funcname>:<file>::
-	Trace the evolution of the line range given by "<start>,<end>"
-	(or the function name regex <funcname>) within the <file>.  You may
-	not give any pathspec limiters.  This is currently limited to
-	a walk starting from a single revision, i.e., you may only
-	give zero or one positive revision arguments, and
-	<start> and <end> (or <funcname>) must exist in the starting revision.
-	You can specify this option more than once. Implies `--patch`.
-	Patch output can be suppressed using `--no-patch`, but other diff formats
-	(namely `--raw`, `--numstat`, `--shortstat`, `--dirstat`, `--summary`,
-	`--name-only`, `--name-status`, `--check`) are not currently implemented.
-+
-include::line-range-format.txt[]
+include::line-range-options.txt[]
 
 <revision range>::
 	Show only commits in the specified revision range.  When no
diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt
index c653ebb..d50e9ed 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitk.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitk.txt
@@ -98,25 +98,7 @@
 	(See "History simplification" in linkgit:git-log[1] for a more
 	detailed explanation.)
 
--L<start>,<end>:<file>::
--L:<funcname>:<file>::
-
-	Trace the evolution of the line range given by "<start>,<end>"
-	(or the function name regex <funcname>) within the <file>.  You may
-	not give any pathspec limiters.  This is currently limited to
-	a walk starting from a single revision, i.e., you may only
-	give zero or one positive revision arguments, and
-	<start> and <end> (or <funcname>) must exist in the starting revision.
-	You can specify this option more than once. Implies `--patch`.
-	Patch output can be suppressed using `--no-patch`, but other diff formats
-	(namely `--raw`, `--numstat`, `--shortstat`, `--dirstat`, `--summary`,
-	`--name-only`, `--name-status`, `--check`) are not currently implemented.
-+
-*Note:* gitk (unlike linkgit:git-log[1]) currently only understands
-this option if you specify it "glued together" with its argument.  Do
-*not* put a space after `-L`.
-+
-include::line-range-format.txt[]
+include::line-range-options.txt[]
 
 <revision range>::
 
diff --git a/Documentation/line-range-format.txt b/Documentation/line-range-format.txt
index 829676f..9b51e9f 100644
--- a/Documentation/line-range-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/line-range-format.txt
@@ -1,30 +1,32 @@
-<start> and <end> can take one of these forms:
+'<start>' and '<end>' can take one of these forms:
 
 - number
 +
-If <start> or <end> is a number, it specifies an
+If '<start>' or '<end>' is a number, it specifies an
 absolute line number (lines count from 1).
 +
 
-- /regex/
+- `/regex/`
 +
 This form will use the first line matching the given
-POSIX regex. If <start> is a regex, it will search from the end of
+POSIX regex. If '<start>' is a regex, it will search from the end of
 the previous `-L` range, if any, otherwise from the start of file.
-If <start> is ``^/regex/'', it will search from the start of file.
-If <end> is a regex, it will search
-starting at the line given by <start>.
+If '<start>' is `^/regex/`, it will search from the start of file.
+If '<end>' is a regex, it will search
+starting at the line given by '<start>'.
 +
 
 - +offset or -offset
 +
-This is only valid for <end> and will specify a number
-of lines before or after the line given by <start>.
+This is only valid for '<end>' and will specify a number
+of lines before or after the line given by '<start>'.
 
 +
-If ``:<funcname>'' is given in place of <start> and <end>, it is a
+If `:<funcname>` is given in place of '<start>' and '<end>', it is a
 regular expression that denotes the range from the first funcname line
-that matches <funcname>, up to the next funcname line. ``:<funcname>''
+that matches '<funcname>', up to the next funcname line. `:<funcname>`
 searches from the end of the previous `-L` range, if any, otherwise
-from the start of file. ``^:<funcname>'' searches from the start of
-file.
+from the start of file. `^:<funcname>` searches from the start of
+file. The function names are determined in the same way as `git diff`
+works out patch hunk headers (see 'Defining a custom hunk-header'
+in linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
diff --git a/Documentation/line-range-options.txt b/Documentation/line-range-options.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e295a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/line-range-options.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+-L<start>,<end>:<file>::
+-L:<funcname>:<file>::
+
+	Trace the evolution of the line range given by '<start>,<end>',
+	or by the function name regex '<funcname>', within the '<file>'. You may
+	not give any pathspec limiters.  This is currently limited to
+	a walk starting from a single revision, i.e., you may only
+	give zero or one positive revision arguments, and
+	'<start>' and '<end>' (or '<funcname>') must exist in the starting revision.
+	You can specify this option more than once. Implies `--patch`.
+	Patch output can be suppressed using `--no-patch`, but other diff formats
+	(namely `--raw`, `--numstat`, `--shortstat`, `--dirstat`, `--summary`,
+	`--name-only`, `--name-status`, `--check`) are not currently implemented.
++
+include::line-range-format.txt[]
diff --git a/blame.c b/blame.c
index de7b5d4..9156ebe 100644
--- a/blame.c
+++ b/blame.c
@@ -2764,7 +2764,6 @@
 }
 
 void setup_scoreboard(struct blame_scoreboard *sb,
-		      const char *path,
 		      struct blame_origin **orig)
 {
 	const char *final_commit_name = NULL;
@@ -2803,7 +2802,7 @@
 		setup_work_tree();
 		sb->final = fake_working_tree_commit(sb->repo,
 						     &sb->revs->diffopt,
-						     path, sb->contents_from);
+						     sb->path, sb->contents_from);
 		add_pending_object(sb->revs, &(sb->final->object), ":");
 	}
 
@@ -2846,12 +2845,12 @@
 		sb->final_buf_size = o->file.size;
 	}
 	else {
-		o = get_origin(sb->final, path);
+		o = get_origin(sb->final, sb->path);
 		if (fill_blob_sha1_and_mode(sb->repo, o))
-			die(_("no such path %s in %s"), path, final_commit_name);
+			die(_("no such path %s in %s"), sb->path, final_commit_name);
 
 		if (sb->revs->diffopt.flags.allow_textconv &&
-		    textconv_object(sb->repo, path, o->mode, &o->blob_oid, 1, (char **) &sb->final_buf,
+		    textconv_object(sb->repo, sb->path, o->mode, &o->blob_oid, 1, (char **) &sb->final_buf,
 				    &sb->final_buf_size))
 			;
 		else
@@ -2861,7 +2860,7 @@
 		if (!sb->final_buf)
 			die(_("cannot read blob %s for path %s"),
 			    oid_to_hex(&o->blob_oid),
-			    path);
+			    sb->path);
 	}
 	sb->num_read_blob++;
 	prepare_lines(sb);
@@ -2888,8 +2887,7 @@
 	return new_head;
 }
 
-void setup_blame_bloom_data(struct blame_scoreboard *sb,
-			    const char *path)
+void setup_blame_bloom_data(struct blame_scoreboard *sb)
 {
 	struct blame_bloom_data *bd;
 	struct bloom_filter_settings *bs;
@@ -2909,7 +2907,7 @@
 	bd->nr = 0;
 	ALLOC_ARRAY(bd->keys, bd->alloc);
 
-	add_bloom_key(bd, path);
+	add_bloom_key(bd, sb->path);
 
 	sb->bloom_data = bd;
 }
diff --git a/blame.h b/blame.h
index b6bbee4..38bde53 100644
--- a/blame.h
+++ b/blame.h
@@ -181,10 +181,8 @@
 
 void init_scoreboard(struct blame_scoreboard *sb);
 void setup_scoreboard(struct blame_scoreboard *sb,
-		      const char *path,
 		      struct blame_origin **orig);
-void setup_blame_bloom_data(struct blame_scoreboard *sb,
-			    const char *path);
+void setup_blame_bloom_data(struct blame_scoreboard *sb);
 void cleanup_scoreboard(struct blame_scoreboard *sb);
 
 struct blame_entry *blame_entry_prepend(struct blame_entry *head,
diff --git a/builtin/blame.c b/builtin/blame.c
index b5036ab..6f7e324 100644
--- a/builtin/blame.c
+++ b/builtin/blame.c
@@ -891,7 +891,8 @@
 		OPT_STRING(0, "contents", &contents_from, N_("file"), N_("Use <file>'s contents as the final image")),
 		OPT_CALLBACK_F('C', NULL, &opt, N_("score"), N_("Find line copies within and across files"), PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, blame_copy_callback),
 		OPT_CALLBACK_F('M', NULL, &opt, N_("score"), N_("Find line movements within and across files"), PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, blame_move_callback),
-		OPT_STRING_LIST('L', NULL, &range_list, N_("n,m"), N_("Process only line range n,m, counting from 1")),
+		OPT_STRING_LIST('L', NULL, &range_list, N_("range"),
+				N_("Process only line range <start>,<end> or function :<funcname>")),
 		OPT__ABBREV(&abbrev),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
@@ -1082,17 +1083,18 @@
 	sb.contents_from = contents_from;
 	sb.reverse = reverse;
 	sb.repo = the_repository;
+	sb.path = path;
 	build_ignorelist(&sb, &ignore_revs_file_list, &ignore_rev_list);
 	string_list_clear(&ignore_revs_file_list, 0);
 	string_list_clear(&ignore_rev_list, 0);
-	setup_scoreboard(&sb, path, &o);
+	setup_scoreboard(&sb, &o);
 
 	/*
 	 * Changed-path Bloom filters are disabled when looking
 	 * for copies.
 	 */
 	if (!(opt & PICKAXE_BLAME_COPY))
-		setup_blame_bloom_data(&sb, path);
+		setup_blame_bloom_data(&sb);
 
 	lno = sb.num_lines;
 
@@ -1111,7 +1113,7 @@
 		if ((!lno && (top || bottom)) || lno < bottom)
 			die(Q_("file %s has only %lu line",
 			       "file %s has only %lu lines",
-			       lno), path, lno);
+			       lno), sb.path, lno);
 		if (bottom < 1)
 			bottom = 1;
 		if (top < 1 || lno < top)
@@ -1136,7 +1138,6 @@
 	string_list_clear(&range_list, 0);
 
 	sb.ent = NULL;
-	sb.path = path;
 
 	if (blame_move_score)
 		sb.move_score = blame_move_score;
diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
index 6619e10..49eb8f6 100644
--- a/builtin/log.c
+++ b/builtin/log.c
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@
 				N_("pattern"), N_("do not decorate refs that match <pattern>")),
 		OPT_CALLBACK_F(0, "decorate", NULL, NULL, N_("decorate options"),
 			       PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, decorate_callback),
-		OPT_CALLBACK('L', NULL, &line_cb, "n,m:file",
-			     N_("Process line range n,m in file, counting from 1"),
+		OPT_CALLBACK('L', NULL, &line_cb, "range:file",
+			     N_("Trace the evolution of line range <start>,<end> or function :<funcname> in <file>"),
 			     log_line_range_callback),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
diff --git a/t/annotate-tests.sh b/t/annotate-tests.sh
index d933af5..3aee61d 100644
--- a/t/annotate-tests.sh
+++ b/t/annotate-tests.sh
@@ -479,6 +479,24 @@
 	check_count -f hello.c -L$n -L^:ma.. F 4 G 1 H 1
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'setup -L :funcname with userdiff driver' '
+	echo "fortran-* diff=fortran" >.gitattributes &&
+	fortran_file=fortran-external-function &&
+	orig_file="$TEST_DIRECTORY/t4018/$fortran_file" &&
+	cp $orig_file . &&
+	git add $fortran_file &&
+	GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="A" GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="A@test.git" \
+	git commit -m "add fortran file" &&
+	sed -e "s/ChangeMe/IWasChanged/" <"$orig_file" >$fortran_file &&
+	git add $fortran_file &&
+	GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="B" GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="B@test.git" \
+	git commit -m "change fortran file"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'blame -L :funcname with userdiff driver' '
+	check_count -f fortran-external-function -L:RIGHT A 7 B 1
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'setup incremental' '
 	(
 	GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=I &&