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diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index f0617efa0a..6fb9429851 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ git-format-patch - Prepare patches for e-mail submission
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-format-patch' [-n | -k] [-o <dir> | --stdout] [--thread]
+'git-format-patch' [-k] [-o <dir> | --stdout] [--thread]
[--attach[=<boundary>] | --inline[=<boundary>]]
[-s | --signoff] [<common diff options>]
+ [-n | --numbered | -N | --no-numbered]
[--start-number <n>] [--numbered-files]
[--in-reply-to=Message-Id] [--suffix=.<sfx>]
[--ignore-if-in-upstream]
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ reference.
OPTIONS
-------
+:git-format-patch: 1
include::diff-options.txt[]
-<n>::
@@ -77,6 +79,9 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
-n|--numbered::
Name output in '[PATCH n/m]' format.
+-N|--no-numbered::
+ Name output in '[PATCH]' format.
+
--start-number <n>::
Start numbering the patches at <n> instead of 1.
@@ -142,15 +147,16 @@ not add any suffix.
CONFIGURATION
-------------
-You can specify extra mail header lines to be added to each
-message in the repository configuration. You can also specify
-new defaults for the subject prefix and file suffix.
+You can specify extra mail header lines to be added to each message
+in the repository configuration, new defaults for the subject prefix
+and file suffix, and number patches when outputting more than one.
------------
[format]
headers = "Organization: git-foo\n"
subjectprefix = CHANGE
suffix = .txt
+ numbered = auto
------------