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diff --git a/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt
index 2139b6ff..f2675c41 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tar-tree.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-tar-tree - Creates a tar archive of the files in the named tree
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-tar-tree' <tree-ish> [ <base> ]
+'git-tar-tree' [--remote=<repo>] <tree-ish> [ <base> ]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -23,6 +23,40 @@ commit time as recorded in the referenced commit object is used instead.
 Additionally the commit ID is stored in a global extended pax header.
 It can be extracted using git-get-tar-commit-id.
 
+OPTIONS
+-------
+
+<tree-ish>::
+	The tree or commit to produce tar archive for.  If it is
+	the object name of a commit object.
+
+<base>::
+	Leading path to the files in the resulting tar archive.
+
+--remote=<repo>::
+	Instead of making a tar archive from local repository,
+	retrieve a tar archive from a remote repository.
+
+Examples
+--------
+git tar-tree HEAD junk | (cd /var/tmp/ && tar xf -)::
+
+	Create a tar archive that contains the contents of the
+	latest commit on the current branch, and extracts it in
+	`/var/tmp/junk` directory.
+
+git tar-tree v1.4.0 git-1.4.0 | gzip >git-1.4.0.tar.gz::
+
+	Create a tarball for v1.4.0 release.
+
+git tar-tree v1.4.0{caret}\{tree\} git-1.4.0 | gzip >git-1.4.0.tar.gz::
+
+	Create a tarball for v1.4.0 release, but without a
+	global extended pax header.
+
+git tar-tree --remote=example.com:git.git v1.4.0 >git-1.4.0.tar::
+
+	Get a tarball v1.4.0 from example.com.
 
 Author
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