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diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt
index dc3a568baa..b5d09f79ee 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-pack.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-send-pack - Push objects over Git protocol to another repository
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git send-pack' [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] [--verbose] [--thin] [<host>:]<directory> [<ref>...]
+'git send-pack' [--all] [--dry-run] [--force] [--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>] [--verbose] [--thin] [--atomic] [<host>:]<directory> [<ref>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -29,12 +29,22 @@ OPTIONS
a directory on the default $PATH.
--exec=<git-receive-pack>::
- Same as \--receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>.
+ Same as --receive-pack=<git-receive-pack>.
--all::
Instead of explicitly specifying which refs to update,
update all heads that locally exist.
+--stdin::
+ Take the list of refs from stdin, one per line. If there
+ are refs specified on the command line in addition to this
+ option, then the refs from stdin are processed after those
+ on the command line.
++
+If '--stateless-rpc' is specified together with this option then
+the list of refs must be in packet format (pkt-line). Each ref must
+be in a separate packet, and the list must end with a flush packet.
+
--dry-run::
Do everything except actually send the updates.
@@ -52,6 +62,11 @@ OPTIONS
Send a "thin" pack, which records objects in deltified form based
on objects not included in the pack to reduce network traffic.
+--atomic::
+ Use an atomic transaction for updating the refs. If any of the refs
+ fails to update then the entire push will fail without changing any
+ refs.
+
<host>::
A remote host to house the repository. When this
part is specified, 'git-receive-pack' is invoked via
@@ -77,7 +92,8 @@ this flag.
Without '--all' and without any '<ref>', the heads that exist
both on the local side and on the remote side are updated.
-When one or more '<ref>' are specified explicitly, it can be either a
+When one or more '<ref>' are specified explicitly (whether on the
+command line or via `--stdin`), it can be either a
single pattern, or a pair of such pattern separated by a colon
":" (this means that a ref name cannot have a colon in it). A
single pattern '<name>' is just a shorthand for '<name>:<name>'.