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diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
index f5248c91..dfe86cee 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ git-cvsimport - Import a CVS repository into git
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-cvsimport' [ -o <branch-for-HEAD> ] [ -h ] [ -v ]
-			[ -d <CVSROOT> ] [ -p <options-for-cvsps> ]
-			[ -C <git_repository> ] [ -i ] [ -k ]
-			[ -s <subst> ] [ -m ] [ -M regex ] [ <CVS_module> ]
+[verse]
+'git-cvsimport' [-o <branch-for-HEAD>] [-h] [-v] [-d <CVSROOT>] [-s <subst>]
+	      [-p <options-for-cvsps>] [-C <git_repository>] [-i] [-P <file>]
+	      [-m] [-M regex] [<CVS_module>]
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -i::
 	Import-only: don't perform a checkout after importing.  This option
-	ensures the working directory and cache remain untouched and will
+	ensures the working directory and index remain untouched and will
 	not create them if they do not exist.
 
 -k::
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ the old cvs2git tool.
 +
 If you need to pass multiple options, separate them with a comma.
 
+-P <cvsps-output-file>::
+	Instead of calling cvsps, read the provided cvsps output file. Useful
+	for debugging or when cvsps is being handled outside cvsimport.
+
 -m::    
 	Attempt to detect merges based on the commit message. This option
 	will enable default regexes that try to capture the name source 
@@ -85,6 +89,26 @@ If you need to pass multiple options, separate them with a comma.
 -s <subst>::
 	Substitute the character "/" in branch names with <subst>
 
+-A <author-conv-file>::
+	CVS by default uses the unix username when writing its
+	commit logs. Using this option and an author-conv-file
+	in this format
+
+	exon=Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
+	spawn=Simon Pawn <spawn@frog-pond.org>
+
+	git-cvsimport will make it appear as those authors had
+	their GIT_AUTHOR_NAME and GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL set properly
+	all along.
+
+	For convenience, this data is saved to $GIT_DIR/cvs-authors
+	each time the -A option is provided and read from that same
+	file each time git-cvsimport is run.
+
+	It is not recommended to use this feature if you intend to
+	export changes back to CVS again later with
+	git-link[1]::git-cvsexportcommit.
+
 OUTPUT
 ------
 If '-v' is specified, the script reports what it is doing.