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diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index a1483ffd..f3ef4c1e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-format-patch - Prepare patches for e-mail submission.
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-format-patch' [-n][-o <dir>][-k][--mbox][--diff-options] <his> [<mine>]
+'git-format-patch' [-n][-o <dir>|--stdout][-k][--mbox][--diff-options] <his> [<mine>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ OPTIONS
 	concatenated together and fed to `git-applymbox`.
 	Implies --author and --date.
 
+--stdout::
+	This flag generates the mbox formatted output to the
+	standard output, instead of saving them into a file per
+	patch and implies --mbox.
 
 Author
 ------