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diff --git a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt
index febc8c81..ef1826ae 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 git-init-db(1)
 ==============
-v0.1, May 2005
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-init-db - Creates an empty git object database
+git-init-db - Creates an empty git repository
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
@@ -13,12 +12,16 @@ SYNOPSIS
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-This simply creates an empty git object database - basically a `.git`
-directory and `.git/object/??/` directories.
+This simply creates an empty git repository - basically a `.git` directory
+and `.git/object/??/`, `.git/refs/heads` and `.git/refs/tags` directories,
+and links `.git/HEAD` symbolically to `.git/refs/heads/master`.
+
+If the 'GIT_DIR' environment variable is set then it specifies a path
+to use instead of `./.git` for the base of the repository.
 
 If the object storage directory is specified via the 'GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY'
 environment variable then the sha1 directories are created underneath -
-otherwise the default `.git/objects` directory is used.
+otherwise the default `$GIT_DIR/objects` directory is used.
 
 "git-init-db" won't hurt an existing repository.
 
@@ -33,5 +36,5 @@ Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the link:git.html[git] suite
+Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite