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diff --git a/Documentation/git-var.txt b/Documentation/git-var.txt
index c1c71720..a5b1a0db 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-var.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-var.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 git-var(1)
 ==========
-v0.1, July 2005
 
 NAME
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@@ -9,7 +8,7 @@ git-var - Print the git users identity
 
 SYNOPSIS
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-git-var [ -l | <variable> ]
+'git-var' [ -l | <variable> ]
 
 DESCRIPTION
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@@ -18,7 +17,10 @@ Prints a git logical variable.
 OPTIONS
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 -l::
-	Cause the logical variables to be listed.
+	Cause the logical variables to be listed. In addition, all the
+	variables of the git configuration file .git/config are listed
+	as well. (However, the configuration variables listing functionality
+	is deprecated in favor of `git-repo-config -l`.)
 
 EXAMPLE
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@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ See Also
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 gitlink:git-commit-tree[1]
 gitlink:git-tag[1]
+gitlink:git-repo-config[1]
 
 Author
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