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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 684e4bdf..a90521e5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -3,14 +3,15 @@ git-clone(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-clone - Clones a repository.
+git-clone - Clones a repository
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-clone' [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>]
-	  <repository> [<directory>]
+'git-clone' [--template=<template_directory>] [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [--bare]
+	  [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
+	  [--use-separate-remote] <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
@@ -64,7 +73,7 @@ OPTIONS
 	files in `<directory>/.git`, make the `<directory>`
 	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.
+	default `remotes/origin` file is created.
 
 -o <name>::
 	Instead of using the branch name 'origin' to keep track
@@ -80,19 +89,29 @@ OPTIONS
 	the command to specify non-default path for the command
 	run on the other end.
 
+--template=<template_directory>::
+	Specify the directory from which templates will be used;
+	if unset the templates are taken from the installation
+	defined default, typically `/usr/share/git-core/templates`.
+
+--use-separate-remote::
+	Save remotes heads under `$GIT_DIR/remotes/origin/` instead
+	of `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/`.  Only the master branch is saved
+	in the latter.
+
 <repository>::
 	The (possibly remote) repository to clone from.  It can
 	be any URL git-fetch supports.
 
 <directory>::
-	The name of a new directory to clone into.  The	"humanish"
+	The name of a new directory to clone into.  The "humanish"
 	part of the source repository is used if no directory is
 	explicitly given ("repo" for "/path/to/repo.git" and "foo"
 	for "host.xz:foo/.git").  Cloning into an existing directory
 	is not allowed.
 
 Examples
-~~~~~~~~
+--------
 
 Clone from upstream::
 +
@@ -112,6 +131,16 @@ $ git show-branch
 ------------
 
 
+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::
 +
 ------------