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diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index 53b64fa5..d04b342a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ git-commit - Record your changes
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-commit' [-a] [-i] [-s] [-v] [(-c | -C) <commit> | -F <file> | -m <msg>]
-	   [-e] [--author <author>] [--] <file>...
+'git-commit' [-a] [-s] [-v] [(-c | -C) <commit> | -F <file> | -m <msg>]
+	   [-e] [--author <author>] [--] [[-i | -o ]<file>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ Updates the index file for given paths, or all modified files if
 VISUAL and EDITOR environment variables to edit the commit log
 message.
 
+Several environment variable are used during commits.  They are
+documented in gitlink:git-commit-tree[1].
+
+
 This command can run `commit-msg`, `pre-commit`, and
 `post-commit` hooks.  See link:hooks.html[hooks] for more
 information.
@@ -73,15 +77,20 @@ OPTIONS
 	commit the whole index.  This is the traditional
 	behaviour.
 
---::
-	Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
-
-<file>...::
+-o|--only::
 	Commit only the files specified on the command line.
 	This format cannot be used during a merge, nor when the
 	index and the latest commit does not match on the
 	specified paths to avoid confusion.
 
+--::
+	Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
+
+<file>...::
+	Files to be committed.  The meaning of these is
+	different between `--include` and `--only`.  Without
+	either, it defaults `--only` semantics.
+
 If you make a commit and then found a mistake immediately after
 that, you can recover from it with gitlink:git-reset[1].