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diff --git a/Documentation/git-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
index aa021b0cb8..528f34a131 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-remote.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git remote' [-v | --verbose]
-'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--tags|--no-tags] [--mirror] <name> <url>
+'git remote add' [-t <branch>] [-m <master>] [-f] [--tags|--no-tags] [--mirror=<fetch|push>] <name> <url>
'git remote rename' <old> <new>
'git remote rm' <name>
'git remote set-head' <name> (-a | -d | <branch>)
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git remote set-url --delete' [--push] <name> <url>
'git remote' [-v | --verbose] 'show' [-n] <name>
'git remote prune' [-n | --dry-run] <name>
-'git remote' [-v | --verbose] 'update' [-p | --prune] [group | remote]...
+'git remote' [-v | --verbose] 'update' [-p | --prune] [(<group> | <remote>)...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -67,15 +67,18 @@ multiple branches without grabbing all branches.
With `-m <master>` option, `$GIT_DIR/remotes/<name>/HEAD` is set
up to point at remote's `<master>` branch. See also the set-head command.
+
-In mirror mode, enabled with `\--mirror`, the refs will not be stored
-in the 'refs/remotes/' namespace, but in 'refs/heads/'. This option
-only makes sense in bare repositories. If a remote uses mirror
-mode, furthermore, `git push` will always behave as if `\--mirror`
-was passed.
+When a fetch mirror is created with `\--mirror=fetch`, the refs will not
+be stored in the 'refs/remotes/' namespace, but rather everything in
+'refs/' on the remote will be directly mirrored into 'refs/' in the
+local repository. This option only makes sense in bare repositories,
+because a fetch would overwrite any local commits.
++
+When a push mirror is created with `\--mirror=push`, then `git push`
+will always behave as if `\--mirror` was passed.
'rename'::
-Rename the remote named <old> to <new>. All remote tracking branches and
+Rename the remote named <old> to <new>. All remote-tracking branches and
configuration settings for the remote are updated.
+
In case <old> and <new> are the same, and <old> is a file under
@@ -84,7 +87,7 @@ the configuration file format.
'rm'::
-Remove the remote named <name>. All remote tracking branches and
+Remove the remote named <name>. All remote-tracking branches and
configuration settings for the remote are removed.
'set-head'::
@@ -146,7 +149,7 @@ With `-n` option, the remote heads are not queried first with
'prune'::
-Deletes all stale tracking branches under <name>.
+Deletes all stale remote-tracking branches under <name>.
These stale branches have already been removed from the remote repository
referenced by <name>, but are still locally available in
"remotes/<name>".
@@ -214,16 +217,6 @@ linkgit:git-fetch[1]
linkgit:git-branch[1]
linkgit:git-config[1]
-Author
-------
-Written by Junio Hamano
-
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by J. Bruce Fields and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
-
-
GIT
---
Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite