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diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
index bd919f2dfd..86abd13451 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git ls-files' [-z] [-t] [-v]
- (--[cached|deleted|others|ignored|stage|unmerged|killed|modified])\*
- (-[c|d|o|i|s|u|k|m])\*
+ (--[cached|deleted|others|ignored|stage|unmerged|killed|modified])*
+ (-[c|d|o|i|s|u|k|m])*
[-x <pattern>|--exclude=<pattern>]
[-X <file>|--exclude-from=<file>]
[--exclude-per-directory=<file>]
[--exclude-standard]
[--error-unmatch] [--with-tree=<tree-ish>]
- [--full-name] [--abbrev] [--] [<file>]\*
+ [--full-name] [--abbrev] [--] [<file>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -79,15 +79,16 @@ OPTIONS
-x <pattern>::
--exclude=<pattern>::
- Skips files matching pattern.
- Note that pattern is a shell wildcard pattern.
+ Skip untracked files matching pattern.
+ Note that pattern is a shell wildcard pattern. See EXCLUDE PATTERNS
+ below for more information.
-X <file>::
--exclude-from=<file>::
- exclude patterns are read from <file>; 1 per line.
+ Read exclude patterns from <file>; 1 per line.
--exclude-per-directory=<file>::
- read additional exclude patterns that apply only to the
+ Read additional exclude patterns that apply only to the
directory and its subdirectories in <file>.
--exclude-standard::
@@ -140,6 +141,12 @@ a space) at the start of each line:
lines, show only a partial prefix.
Non default number of digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>.
+--debug::
+ After each line that describes a file, add more data about its
+ cache entry. This is intended to show as much information as
+ possible for manual inspection; the exact format may change at
+ any time.
+
\--::
Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
@@ -186,7 +193,7 @@ These exclude patterns come from these places, in order:
file containing a list of patterns. Patterns are ordered
in the same order they appear in the file.
- 3. command line flag --exclude-per-directory=<name> specifies
+ 3. The command line flag --exclude-per-directory=<name> specifies
a name of the file in each directory 'git ls-files'
examines, normally `.gitignore`. Files in deeper
directories take precedence. Patterns are ordered in the