It does not contain the topmost superproject as the author assumed,
but the direct superproject, such that $toplevel/$sm_path is the
actual absolute path of the submodule.

Discussed-with: Ramsay Jones <ram...@ramsayjones.plus.com>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbel...@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Prathamesh Chavan <pc44...@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-submodule.txt | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index a23baef62..8e7930ebc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ foreach [--recursive] <command>::
        $name is the name of the relevant submodule section in `.gitmodules`,
        $sm_path is the path of the submodule as recorded in the superproject,
        $sha1 is the commit as recorded in the superproject, and
-       $toplevel is the absolute path to the top-level of the superproject.
+       $toplevel is the absolute path to its superproject, such that
+       $toplevel/$sm_path is the absolute path of the submodule.
        Note that to avoid conflicts with '$PATH' on Windows, the '$path'
        variable is now a deprecated synonym of '$sm_path' variable.
        Any submodules defined in the superproject but not checked out are
-- 
2.13.0

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