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diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt
index 30eca6cee6..1f7312a189 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ git-check-attr - Display gitattributes information
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git check-attr' attr... [--] pathname...
-'git check-attr' --stdin [-z] attr... < <list-of-paths>
+'git check-attr' [-a | --all | attr...] [--] pathname...
+'git check-attr' --stdin [-z] [-a | --all | attr...] < <list-of-paths>
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ For every pathname, this command will list if each attribute is 'unspecified',
OPTIONS
-------
+-a, --all::
+ List all attributes that are associated with the specified
+ paths. If this option is used, then 'unspecified' attributes
+ will not be included in the output.
+
--stdin::
Read file names from stdin instead of from the command-line.
@@ -28,8 +33,11 @@ OPTIONS
\--::
Interpret all preceding arguments as attributes and all following
- arguments as path names. If not supplied, only the first argument will
- be treated as an attribute.
+ arguments as path names.
+
+If none of `--stdin`, `--all`, or `--` is used, the first argument
+will be treated as an attribute and the rest of the arguments as
+pathnames.
OUTPUT
------
@@ -69,6 +77,13 @@ org/example/MyClass.java: diff: java
org/example/MyClass.java: myAttr: set
---------------
+* Listing all attributes for a file:
+---------------
+$ git check-attr --all -- org/example/MyClass.java
+org/example/MyClass.java: diff: java
+org/example/MyClass.java: myAttr: set
+---------------
+
* Listing an attribute for multiple files:
---------------
$ git check-attr myAttr -- org/example/MyClass.java org/example/NoMyAttr.java