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diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
index 8d3e66626f..9c750e2444 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git archive' [--format=<fmt>] [--list] [--prefix=<prefix>/] [<extra>]
[-o | --output=<file>] [--worktree-attributes]
[--remote=<repo> [--exec=<git-upload-archive>]] <tree-ish>
- [path...]
+ [<path>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ OPTIONS
<tree-ish>::
The tree or commit to produce an archive for.
-path::
+<path>::
Without an optional path parameter, all files and subdirectories
of the current working directory are included in the archive.
If one or more paths are specified, only these are included.
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ tar.umask::
tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the
world write bit. The special value "user" indicates that the
archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) for
- details.
+ details. If `--remote` is used then only the configuration of
+ the remote repository takes effect.
ATTRIBUTES
----------
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ Note that attributes are by default taken from the `.gitattributes` files
in the tree that is being archived. If you want to tweak the way the
output is generated after the fact (e.g. you committed without adding an
appropriate export-ignore in its `.gitattributes`), adjust the checked out
-`.gitattributes` file as necessary and use `--work-tree-attributes`
+`.gitattributes` file as necessary and use `--worktree-attributes`
option. Alternatively you can keep necessary attributes that should apply
while archiving any tree in your `$GIT_DIR/info/attributes` file.
@@ -153,14 +154,6 @@ SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:gitattributes[5]
-Author
-------
-Written by Franck Bui-Huu and Rene Scharfe.
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite