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diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 543dd64a46..e7ecf5d803 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -50,16 +50,18 @@ The default is to assume the config file of the current repository,
.git/config unless defined otherwise with GIT_DIR and GIT_CONFIG
(see <<FILES>>).
-This command will fail if:
+This command will fail (with exit code ret) if:
-. The config file is invalid,
-. Can not write to the config file,
-. no section was provided,
-. the section or key is invalid,
-. you try to unset an option which does not exist,
-. you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match, or
-. you use '--global' option without $HOME being properly set.
+. The config file is invalid (ret=3),
+. can not write to the config file (ret=4),
+. no section or name was provided (ret=2),
+. the section or key is invalid (ret=1),
+. you try to unset an option which does not exist (ret=5),
+. you try to unset/set an option for which multiple lines match (ret=5),
+. you try to use an invalid regexp (ret=6), or
+. you use '--global' option without $HOME being properly set (ret=128).
+On success, the command returns the exit code 0.
OPTIONS
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@@ -336,15 +338,6 @@ echo "${WS}your whitespace color or blue reverse${RESET}"
include::config.txt[]
-
-Author
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-Written by Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Johannes Schindelin, Petr Baudis and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite