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diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt
index 3d51717bbe..67e5f53a9e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt
@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@ configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1].
Terminate entries with NUL, instead of LF. This implies
the `--porcelain` output format if no other format is given.
+--column[=<options>]::
+--no-column::
+ Display untracked files in columns. See configuration variable
+ column.status for option syntax.`--column` and `--no-column`
+ without options are equivalent to 'always' and 'never'
+ respectively.
+
OUTPUT
------
@@ -98,12 +105,12 @@ In the short-format, the status of each path is shown as
XY PATH1 -> PATH2
-where `PATH1` is the path in the `HEAD`, and the ` \-> PATH2` part is
+where `PATH1` is the path in the `HEAD`, and the " `-> PATH2`" part is
shown only when `PATH1` corresponds to a different path in the
index/worktree (i.e. the file is renamed). The 'XY' is a two-letter
status code.
-The fields (including the `\->`) are separated from each other by a
+The fields (including the `->`) are separated from each other by a
single space. If a filename contains whitespace or other nonprintable
characters, that field will be quoted in the manner of a C string
literal: surrounded by ASCII double quote (34) characters, and with
@@ -177,7 +184,7 @@ order is reversed (e.g 'from \-> to' becomes 'to from'). Second, a NUL
and the terminating newline (but a space still separates the status
field from the first filename). Third, filenames containing special
characters are not specially formatted; no quoting or
-backslash-escaping is performed. Fourth, there is no branch line.
+backslash-escaping is performed.
CONFIGURATION
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