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diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
index c35d2eb5..c65ca9a5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 git-pull(1)
 ===========
-v0.99.4, Aug 2005
 
 NAME
 ----
@@ -9,22 +8,106 @@ git-pull - Pull and merge from another repository.
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-pull' <repository> <refspec>...
+'git-pull' <options> <repository> <refspec>...
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-Runs 'git-fetch' with the given parameters.
+Runs `git-fetch` with the given parameters, and calls `git-merge`
+to merge the retrieved head(s) into the current branch.
 
-When only one ref is downloaded, runs 'git resolve' to merge it
-into the local HEAD.  Otherwise uses 'git octopus' to merge them
-into the local HEAD.
+Note that you can use `.` (current directory) as the
+<repository> to pull from the local repository -- this is useful
+when merging local branches into the current branch.
 
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
+include::merge-options.txt[]
+
+include::fetch-options.txt[]
+
 include::pull-fetch-param.txt[]
 
+include::merge-strategies.txt[]
+
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+git pull, git pull origin::
+	Fetch the default head from the repository you cloned
+	from and merge it into your current branch.
+
+git pull -s ours . obsolete::
+	Merge local branch `obsolete` into the current branch,
+	using `ours` merge strategy.
+
+git pull . fixes enhancements::
+	Bundle local branch `fixes` and `enhancements` on top of
+	the current branch, making an Octopus merge.
+
+git pull --no-commit . maint::
+	Merge local branch `maint` into the current branch, but
+	do not make a commit automatically.  This can be used
+	when you want to include further changes to the merge,
+	or want to write your own merge commit message.
++
+You should refrain from abusing this option to sneak substantial
+changes into a merge commit.  Small fixups like bumping
+release/version name would be acceptable.
+
+Command line pull of multiple branches from one repository::
++
+------------------------------------------------
+$ cat .git/remotes/origin
+URL: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
+Pull: master:origin
+
+$ git checkout master
+$ git fetch origin master:origin +pu:pu maint:maint
+$ git pull . origin
+------------------------------------------------
++
+Here, a typical `.git/remotes/origin` file from a
+`git-clone` operation is used in combination with
+command line options to `git-fetch` to first update
+multiple branches of the local repository and then
+to merge the remote `origin` branch into the local
+`master` branch.  The local `pu` branch is updated
+even if it does not result in a fast forward update.
+Here, the pull can obtain its objects from the local
+repository using `.`, as the previous `git-fetch` is
+known to have already obtained and made available
+all the necessary objects.
+
+
+Pull of multiple branches from one repository using `.git/remotes` file::
++
+------------------------------------------------
+$ cat .git/remotes/origin
+URL: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
+Pull: master:origin
+Pull: +pu:pu
+Pull: maint:maint
+
+$ git checkout master
+$ git pull origin
+------------------------------------------------
++
+Here, a typical `.git/remotes/origin` file from a
+`git-clone` operation has been hand-modified to include
+the branch-mapping of additional remote and local
+heads directly.  A single `git-pull` operation while
+in the `master` branch will fetch multiple heads and
+merge the remote `origin` head into the current,
+local `master` branch.
+
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+gitlink:git-fetch[1], gitlink:git-merge[1]
+
 
 Author
 ------
@@ -33,7 +116,9 @@ and Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
 
 Documentation
 --------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
+Documentation by Jon Loeliger,
+David Greaves,
+Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 
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