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diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
index 2d09f87b4b..fa0a3151b3 100644
--- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ commits reachable from any of the given commits.
The argument to this option may be a glob on ref names, a ref, or the (possibly
abbreviated) SHA-1 of a commit. Specifying a glob is equivalent to specifying
this option multiple times, one for each matching ref name.
++
+See also the `fetch.negotiationAlgorithm` configuration variable
+documented in linkgit:git-config[1].
ifndef::git-pull[]
--dry-run::
@@ -65,11 +68,16 @@ endif::git-pull[]
-f::
--force::
- When 'git fetch' is used with `<rbranch>:<lbranch>`
- refspec, it refuses to update the local branch
- `<lbranch>` unless the remote branch `<rbranch>` it
- fetches is a descendant of `<lbranch>`. This option
- overrides that check.
+ When 'git fetch' is used with `<src>:<dst>` refspec it may
+ refuse to update the local branch as discussed
+ifdef::git-pull[]
+ in the `<refspec>` part of the linkgit:git-fetch[1]
+ documentation.
+endif::git-pull[]
+ifndef::git-pull[]
+ in the `<refspec>` part below.
+endif::git-pull[]
+ This option overrides that check.
-k::
--keep::