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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-update-index.txt6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
index cd5e014d48..6cfbd9a842 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ Modifies the index or directory cache. Each file mentioned is updated
into the index and any 'unmerged' or 'needs updating' state is
cleared.
+See also gitlink:git-add[1] for a more user-friendly way to do some of
+the most common operations on the index.
+
The way "git-update-index" handles files it is told about can be modified
using the various options:
@@ -306,7 +309,8 @@ The command looks at `core.ignorestat` configuration variable. See
See Also
--------
-gitlink:git-config[1]
+gitlink:git-config[1],
+gitlink:git-add[1]
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