Note that this reference documentation is identical to the help that is displayed in MATLAB when you type “help ft_statfun_diff”.

  FT_STATFUN_DIFF computes the difference of the mean in two conditions. Although it
  can be used for statistical testing, it is not very usefull since it will have
  rather limited sensitivity.
  
  The purpose of this function is to show you an example on how to write a statfun
  that expresses the difference in the data between two conditions. You can use such
  a function with the statistical framework in FieldTrip to perform a simple (or more
  complex) permutation test, without having to worry about the representation of the
  data.
 
  See also FT_STATFUN_MEAN for another example function