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diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt
index a15cf5b2a3..2e67362bd4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-http-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-http-push.txt
@@ -8,13 +8,17 @@ git-http-push - Push objects over HTTP/DAV to another repository
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-http-push' [--all] [--force] [--verbose] <url> <ref> [<ref>...]
+[verse]
+'git http-push' [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--verbose] <url> <ref> [<ref>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
Sends missing objects to remote repository, and updates the
remote branch.
+*NOTE*: This command is temporarily disabled if your libcurl
+is older than 7.16, as the combination has been reported
+not to work and sometimes corrupts repository.
OPTIONS
-------
@@ -30,11 +34,15 @@ OPTIONS
the remote repository can lose commits; use it with
care.
+--dry-run::
+ Do everything except actually send the updates.
+
--verbose::
Report the list of objects being walked locally and the
list of objects successfully sent to the remote repository.
--d, -D::
+-d::
+-D::
Remove <ref> from remote repository. The specified branch
cannot be the remote HEAD. If -d is specified the following
other conditions must also be met:
@@ -52,7 +60,7 @@ Specifying the Refs
A '<ref>' specification can be either a single pattern, or a pair
of such patterns separated by a colon ":" (this means that a ref name
-cannot have a colon in it). A single pattern '<name>' is just a
+cannot have a colon in it). A single pattern '<name>' is just a
shorthand for '<name>:<name>'.
Each pattern pair consists of the source side (before the colon)
@@ -75,24 +83,15 @@ destination side.
Without '--force', the <src> ref is stored at the remote only if
<dst> does not exist, or <dst> is a proper subset (i.e. an
-ancestor) of <src>. This check, known as "fast forward check",
+ancestor) of <src>. This check, known as "fast-forward check",
is performed in order to avoid accidentally overwriting the
remote ref and lose other peoples' commits from there.
-With '--force', the fast forward check is disabled for all refs.
+With '--force', the fast-forward check is disabled for all refs.
Optionally, a <ref> parameter can be prefixed with a plus '+' sign
to disable the fast-forward check only on that ref.
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Nick Hengeveld <nickh@reactrix.com>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Nick Hengeveld
-
GIT
---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite