Mention unified diff handling in README

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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/dandavison/delta.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.com/dandavison/delta)
 
-## A syntax-highlighting pager for git
+## A syntax-highlighting pager for git and diff output
 
 Delta brings language syntax highlighting, within-line insertion/deletion detection, and restructured diff output to git on the command line. Here's an example of `git show` output with git configured to use delta as its pager:
 
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ Delta brings language syntax highlighting, within-line insertion/deletion detect
 | multiple insertion/deletions detected per line | ✅    | ❌  | ❌            | ✅             |
 | matching of unequal numbers of changed lines   | ✅    | ❌  | ❌            | ❌             |
 
+In addition, delta handles traditional unified diff output.
+
 ## Installation
 
 Executables: [Linux](https://github.com/dandavison/delta/releases/download/0.0.15/delta-0.0.15-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz) | [MacOS](https://github.com/dandavison/delta/releases/download/0.0.15/delta-0.0.15-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz) | [Windows](https://github.com/dandavison/delta/releases/download/0.0.15/delta-0.0.15-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip) | [All](https://github.com/dandavison/delta/releases)
@@ -48,6 +50,10 @@ All git commands that display diff output should now display syntax-highlighted
   - `git stash show -p`
   - `git reflog -p`
 
+Delta also handles unified diff output:
+```
+diff -u a.txt b.txt | delta
+```
 
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