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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
index 5b306d65..8255ae1b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 	     [ \--all ]
 	     [ \--topo-order ]
 	     [ \--parents ]
-	     [ \--objects [ \--unpacked ] ]
+	     [ [\--objects | \--objects-edge] [ \--unpacked ] ]
 	     [ \--pretty | \--header ]
 	     [ \--bisect ]
 	     <commit>... [ \-- <paths>... ]
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ OPTIONS
 	which I need to download if I have the commit object 'bar', but
 	not 'foo'".
 
+--objects-edge::
+	Similar to `--objects`, but also print the IDs of
+	excluded commits refixed with a `-` character.  This is
+	used by `git-pack-objects` to build 'thin' pack, which
+	records objects in deltified form based on objects
+	contained in these excluded commits to reduce network
+	traffic.
+
 --unpacked::
 	Only useful with `--objects`; print the object IDs that
 	are not in packs.