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diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 14256c695b..cd8e861ce4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--reference <repository>] [--] <repository> <path>
'git submodule' [--quiet] status [--cached] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] init [--] [<path>...]
-'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [-N|--no-fetch]
+'git submodule' [--quiet] update [--init] [-N|--no-fetch] [--rebase]
[--reference <repository>] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] summary [--summary-limit <n>] [commit] [--] [<path>...]
'git submodule' [--quiet] foreach <command>
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ init::
update::
Update the registered submodules, i.e. clone missing submodules and
checkout the commit specified in the index of the containing repository.
- This will make the submodules HEAD be detached.
+ This will make the submodules HEAD be detached unless '--rebase' is
+ specified or the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to `rebase`.
+
If the submodule is not yet initialized, and you just want to use the
setting as stored in .gitmodules, you can automatically initialize the
@@ -179,6 +180,15 @@ OPTIONS
This option is only valid for the update command.
Don't fetch new objects from the remote site.
+--rebase::
+ This option is only valid for the update command.
+ Rebase the current branch onto the commit recorded in the
+ superproject. If this option is given, the submodule's HEAD will not
+ be detached. If a a merge failure prevents this process, you will have
+ to resolve these failures with linkgit:git-rebase[1].
+ If the key `submodule.$name.update` is set to `rebase`, this option is
+ implicit.
+
--reference <repository>::
This option is only valid for add and update commands. These
commands sometimes need to clone a remote repository. In this case,