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diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
index 591f4ed4..940285f8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 		(-[c|d|o|i|s|u|k|m])\*
 		[-x <pattern>|--exclude=<pattern>]
 		[-X <file>|--exclude-from=<file>]
-		[--exclude-per-directory=<file>]
+		[--exclude-per-directory=<file>] [--] [<file>]\*
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -70,13 +70,20 @@ OPTIONS
 -t::
 	Identify the file status with the following tags (followed by
 	a space) at the start of each line:
-	H	cached
-	M	unmerged
-	R	removed/deleted
-	C	modifed/changed
-	K	to be killed
+	H::	cached
+	M::	unmerged
+	R::	removed/deleted
+	C::	modifed/changed
+	K::	to be killed
 	?	other
 
+--::
+	Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
+
+<file>::
+	Files to show. If no files are given all files which match the other
+	specified criteria are shown.
+
 Output
 ------
 show files just outputs the filename unless '--stage' is specified in
@@ -103,13 +110,13 @@ flags --others or --ignored are specified.
 
 These exclude patterns come from these places:
 
- (1) command line flag --exclude=<pattern> specifies a single
+  1. command line flag --exclude=<pattern> specifies a single
      pattern.
 
- (2) command line flag --exclude-from=<file> specifies a list of
+  2. command line flag --exclude-from=<file> specifies a list of
      patterns stored in a file.
 
- (3) command line flag --exclude-per-directory=<name> specifies
+  3. command line flag --exclude-per-directory=<name> specifies
      a name of the file in each directory 'git-ls-files'
      examines, and if exists, its contents are used as an
      additional list of patterns.
@@ -161,12 +168,13 @@ An exclude pattern is of the following format:
  - otherwise, it is a shell glob pattern, suitable for
    consumption by fnmatch(3) with FNM_PATHNAME flag.  I.e. a
    slash in the pattern must match a slash in the pathname.
-   "Documentation/*.html" matches "Documentation/git.html" but
+   "Documentation/\*.html" matches "Documentation/git.html" but
    not "ppc/ppc.html".  As a natural exception, "/*.c" matches
    "cat-file.c" but not "mozilla-sha1/sha1.c".
 
 An example:
 
+--------------------------------------------------------------
     $ cat .git/ignore
     # ignore objects and archives, anywhere in the tree.
     *.[oa]
@@ -179,6 +187,7 @@ An example:
         --exclude='Documentation/*.[0-9]' \
         --exclude-from=.git/ignore \
         --exclude-per-directory=.gitignore
+--------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 See Also