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diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 28e1861094..f68b198205 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[verse]
'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] name [value [value_regex]]
'git config' [<file-option>] [type] --add name value
-'git config' [<file-option>] [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]]
+'git config' [<file-option>] [type] --replace-all name value [value_regex]
'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get name [value_regex]
'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-all name [value_regex]
'git config' [<file-option>] [type] [-z|--null] --get-regexp name_regex [value_regex]
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git config' [<file-option>] [-z|--null] -l | --list
'git config' [<file-option>] --get-color name [default]
'git config' [<file-option>] --get-colorbool name [stdout-is-tty]
+'git config' [<file-option>] -e | --edit
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -68,7 +69,8 @@ OPTIONS
--add::
Adds a new line to the option without altering any existing
- values. This is the same as providing '^$' as the value_regex.
+ values. This is the same as providing '^$' as the value_regex
+ in `--replace-all`.
--get::
Get the value for a given key (optionally filtered by a regex
@@ -130,6 +132,10 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
in the config file will cause the value to be multiplied
by 1024, 1048576, or 1073741824 prior to output.
+--bool-or-int::
+ 'git-config' will ensure that the output matches the format of
+ either --bool or --int, as described above.
+
-z::
--null::
For all options that output values and/or keys, always
@@ -150,13 +156,18 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
When the color setting for `name` is undefined, the command uses
`color.ui` as fallback.
---get-color name default::
+--get-color name [default]::
Find the color configured for `name` (e.g. `color.diff.new`) and
output it as the ANSI color escape sequence to the standard
output. The optional `default` parameter is used instead, if
there is no color configured for `name`.
+-e::
+--edit::
+ Opens an editor to modify the specified config file; either
+ '--system', '--global', or repository (default).
+
[[FILES]]
FILES
-----
@@ -279,7 +290,7 @@ If you want to know all the values for a multivar, do:
% git config --get-all core.gitproxy
------------
-If you like to live dangerous, you can replace *all* core.gitproxy by a
+If you like to live dangerously, you can replace *all* core.gitproxy by a
new one with
------------