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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index f43c8b2c08..dc7d3d17b1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ arguments will in addition merge the remote master branch into the
current master branch, if any.
This default configuration is achieved by creating references to
-the remote branch heads under `$GIT_DIR/refs/remotes/origin` and
+the remote branch heads under `refs/remotes/origin` and
by initializing `remote.origin.url` and `remote.origin.fetch`
configuration variables.
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
--verbose::
-v::
- Run verbosely.
+ Run verbosely. Does not affect the reporting of progress status
+ to the standard error stream.
--progress::
Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
@@ -149,8 +150,7 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
--template=<template_directory>::
Specify the directory from which templates will be used;
- if unset the templates are taken from the installation
- defined default, typically `/usr/share/git-core/templates`.
+ (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].)
--depth <depth>::
Create a 'shallow' clone with a history truncated to the
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ include::urls.txt[]
Examples
--------
-Clone from upstream::
+* Clone from upstream:
+
------------
$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux-2.6 my2.6
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ $ make
------------
-Make a local clone that borrows from the current directory, without checking things out::
+* Make a local clone that borrows from the current directory, without checking things out:
+
------------
$ git clone -l -s -n . ../copy
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ $ git show-branch
------------
-Clone from upstream while borrowing from an existing local directory::
+* Clone from upstream while borrowing from an existing local directory:
+
------------
$ git clone --reference my2.6 \
@@ -215,14 +215,14 @@ $ cd my2.7
------------
-Create a bare repository to publish your changes to the public::
+* Create a bare repository to publish your changes to the public:
+
------------
$ git clone --bare -l /home/proj/.git /pub/scm/proj.git
------------
-Create a repository on the kernel.org machine that borrows from Linus::
+* Create a repository on the kernel.org machine that borrows from Linus:
+
------------
$ git clone --bare -l -s /pub/scm/.../torvalds/linux-2.6.git \