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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 8488202e..131e4457 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ git-clone(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-clone - Clones a repository.
+git-clone - Clones a repository
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-clone' [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [--naked] [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>]
+'git-clone' [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>]
+	  [--reference <repository>]
 	  <repository> [<directory>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -46,10 +47,18 @@ OPTIONS
 -s::
 	When the repository to clone is on the local machine,
 	instead of using hard links, automatically setup
-	.git/objects/info/alternatives to share the objects
+	.git/objects/info/alternates to share the objects
 	with the source repository.  The resulting repository
 	starts out without any object of its own.
 
+--reference <repository>::
+	If the reference repository is on the local machine
+	automatically setup .git/objects/info/alternates to
+	obtain objects from the reference repository.  Using
+	an already existing repository as an alternate will
+	require less objects to be copied from the repository
+	being cloned, reducing network and local storage costs.
+
 --quiet::
 -q::
 	Operate quietly.  This flag is passed to "rsync" and
@@ -58,11 +67,13 @@ OPTIONS
 -n::
 	No checkout of HEAD is performed after the clone is complete.
 
---naked::
-	Make a 'naked' GIT repository.  That is, instead of
+--bare::
+	Make a 'bare' GIT repository.  That is, instead of
 	creating `<directory>` and placing the administrative
 	files in `<directory>/.git`, make the `<directory>`
-	itself the `$GIT_DIR`. This implies `-n` option.
+	itself the `$GIT_DIR`. This implies `-n` option.  When
+	this option is used, neither the `origin` branch nor the
+	default	`remotes/origin` file is created.
 
 -o <name>::
 	Instead of using the branch name 'origin' to keep track
@@ -110,17 +121,27 @@ $ git show-branch
 ------------
 
 
-Create a naked repository to publish your changes to the public::
+Clone from upstream while borrowing from an existing local directory::
++
+------------
+$ git clone --reference my2.6 \
+	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux-2.7 \
+	my2.7
+$ cd my2.7
+------------
+
+
+Create a bare repository to publish your changes to the public::
 +
 ------------
-$ git clone --naked -l /home/proj/.git /pub/scm/proj.git
+$ git clone --bare -l /home/proj/.git /pub/scm/proj.git
 ------------
 
 
 Create a repository on the kernel.org machine that borrows from Linus::
 +
 ------------
-$ git clone --naked -l -s /pub/scm/.../torvalds/linux-2.6.git \
+$ git clone --bare -l -s /pub/scm/.../torvalds/linux-2.6.git \
     /pub/scm/.../me/subsys-2.6.git
 ------------