diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
index fed48bd722..4415e63635 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
@@ -534,9 +534,6 @@ start with double quote (`"`).
 If an `LF` or double quote must be encoded into `<path>` shell-style
 quoting should be used, e.g. `"path/with\n and \" in it"`.
 
-Additionally, in `040000` mode, `<path>` may also be an empty string
-(`""`) to specify the root of the tree.
-
 The value of `<path>` must be in canonical form. That is it must not:
 
 * contain an empty directory component (e.g. `foo//bar` is invalid),
@@ -545,6 +542,8 @@ The value of `<path>` must be in canonical form. That is it must not:
 * contain the special component `.` or `..` (e.g. `foo/./bar` and
   `foo/../bar` are invalid).
 
+The root of the tree can be represented by an empty string as `<path>`.
+
 It is recommended that `<path>` always be encoded using UTF-8.
 
 `filedelete`
diff --git a/exec_cmd.c b/exec_cmd.c
index bf225706ee..38545e8bfd 100644
--- a/exec_cmd.c
+++ b/exec_cmd.c
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #include "quote.h"
 #define MAX_ARGS	32
 
-extern char **environ;
 static const char *argv_exec_path;
 static const char *argv0_path;
 
diff --git a/vcs-svn/svndump.c b/vcs-svn/svndump.c
index fa580e62de..2ad2c307dd 100644
--- a/vcs-svn/svndump.c
+++ b/vcs-svn/svndump.c
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ void svndump_read(const char *url)
 		if (key == keys.svn_fs_dump_format_version) {
 			dump_ctx.version = atoi(val);
 			if (dump_ctx.version > 2)
-				die("expected svn dump format version <= 2, found %d",
+				die("expected svn dump format version <= 2, found %"PRIu32,
 				    dump_ctx.version);
 		} else if (key == keys.uuid) {
 			dump_ctx.uuid = pool_intern(val);