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diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
index f524d76019..cfb9906bb5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit-tree.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ git-commit-tree - Create a new commit object
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git commit-tree' <tree> [(-p <parent commit>)...] < changelog
+[verse]
+'git commit-tree' <tree> [(-p <parent>)...] < changelog
+'git commit-tree' [(-p <parent>)...] [(-m <message>)...] [(-F <file>)...] <tree>
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -16,7 +18,8 @@ This is usually not what an end user wants to run directly. See
linkgit:git-commit[1] instead.
Creates a new commit object based on the provided tree object and
-emits the new commit object id on stdout.
+emits the new commit object id on stdout. The log message is read
+from the standard input, unless `-m` or `-F` options are given.
A commit object may have any number of parents. With exactly one
parent, it is an ordinary commit. Having more than one parent makes
@@ -38,9 +41,17 @@ OPTIONS
<tree>::
An existing tree object
--p <parent commit>::
+-p <parent>::
Each '-p' indicates the id of a parent commit object.
+-m <message>::
+ A paragraph in the commig log message. This can be given more than
+ once and each <message> becomes its own paragraph.
+
+-F <file>::
+ Read the commit log message from the given file. Use `-` to read
+ from the standard input.
+
Commit Information
------------------
@@ -67,7 +78,9 @@ if set:
In case (some of) these environment variables are not set, the information
is taken from the configuration items user.name and user.email, or, if not
-present, system user name and fully qualified hostname.
+present, system user name and the hostname used for outgoing mail (taken
+from `/etc/mailname` and falling back to the fully qualified hostname when
+that file does not exist).
A commit comment is read from stdin. If a changelog
entry is not provided via "<" redirection, 'git commit-tree' will just wait
@@ -89,6 +102,10 @@ Discussion
include::i18n.txt[]
+FILES
+-----
+/etc/mailname
+
SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-write-tree[1]