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diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
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+++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git archive' [--format=<fmt>] [--list] [--prefix=<prefix>/] [<extra>]
- [-o | --output=<file>] [--worktree-attributes]
+ [-o <file> | --output=<file>] [--worktree-attributes]
[--remote=<repo> [--exec=<git-upload-archive>]] <tree-ish>
[<path>...]
@@ -65,7 +65,10 @@ OPTIONS
--remote=<repo>::
Instead of making a tar archive from the local repository,
- retrieve a tar archive from a remote repository.
+ retrieve a tar archive from a remote repository. Note that the
+ remote repository may place restrictions on which sha1
+ expressions may be allowed in `<tree-ish>`. See
+ linkgit:git-upload-archive[1] for details.
--exec=<git-upload-archive>::
Used with --remote to specify the path to the