diff --git a/Documentation/git-reset.txt b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
index fd72976371..927ecee2f2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-reset.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-reset.txt
@@ -76,15 +76,10 @@ In other words, --merge does something like a 'git read-tree -u -m <commit>',
 but carries forward unmerged index entries.
 
 --keep::
-	Resets the index, updates files in the working tree that are
-	different between <commit> and HEAD, but keeps those
-	which are different between HEAD and the working tree (i.e.
-	which have local changes).
+	Resets index entries and updates files in the working tree that are
+	different between <commit> and HEAD.
 	If a file that is different between <commit> and HEAD has local changes,
 	reset is aborted.
-+
-In other words, --keep does a 2-way merge between <commit> and HEAD followed by
-'git reset --mixed <commit>'.
 --
 
 If you want to undo a commit other than the latest on a branch,
diff --git a/sha1_file.c b/sha1_file.c
index 1cafdfa617..d86a8db69a 100644
--- a/sha1_file.c
+++ b/sha1_file.c
@@ -2141,7 +2141,7 @@ void *read_sha1_file_repl(const unsigned char *sha1,
 		return data;
 	}
 
-	if (errno != ENOENT)
+	if (errno && errno != ENOENT)
 		die_errno("failed to read object %s", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
 
 	/* die if we replaced an object with one that does not exist */