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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index bf24f1813a..c898310099 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--dissociate] [--separate-git-dir <git dir>]
[--depth <depth>] [--[no-]single-branch] [--no-tags]
[--recurse-submodules[=<pathspec>]] [--[no-]shallow-submodules]
- [--[no-]remote-submodules] [--jobs <n>] [--sparse] [--] <repository>
+ [--[no-]remote-submodules] [--jobs <n>] [--sparse]
+ [--filter=<filter>] [--] <repository>
[<directory>]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -162,6 +163,16 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
of the repository. The sparse-checkout file can be
modified to grow the working directory as needed.
+--filter=<filter-spec>::
+ Use the partial clone feature and request that the server sends
+ a subset of reachable objects according to a given object filter.
+ When using `--filter`, the supplied `<filter-spec>` is used for
+ the partial clone filter. For example, `--filter=blob:none` will
+ filter out all blobs (file contents) until needed by Git. Also,
+ `--filter=blob:limit=<size>` will filter out all blobs of size
+ at least `<size>`. For more details on filter specifications, see
+ the `--filter` option in linkgit:git-rev-list[1].
+
--mirror::
Set up a mirror of the source repository. This implies `--bare`.
Compared to `--bare`, `--mirror` not only maps local branches of the
@@ -248,7 +259,7 @@ maintain a branch with no references other than a single cloned
branch. This is useful e.g. to maintain minimal clones of the default
branch of some repository for search indexing.
---recurse-submodules[=<pathspec]::
+--recurse-submodules[=<pathspec>]::
After the clone is created, initialize and clone submodules
within based on the provided pathspec. If no pathspec is
provided, all submodules are initialized and cloned.