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diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
index 74d1d49dbf..a3081f4e23 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
'git update-index'
[--add] [--remove | --force-remove] [--replace]
[--refresh] [-q] [--unmerged] [--ignore-missing]
- [--cacheinfo <mode> <object> <file>]*
+ [(--cacheinfo <mode> <object> <file>)...]
[--chmod=(+|-)x]
[--assume-unchanged | --no-assume-unchanged]
[--skip-worktree | --no-skip-worktree]
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[--info-only] [--index-info]
[-z] [--stdin]
[--verbose]
- [--] [<file>]*
+ [--] [<file>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ you will need to handle the situation manually.
Report what is being added and removed from index.
-z::
- Only meaningful with `--stdin`; paths are separated with
- NUL character instead of LF.
+ Only meaningful with `--stdin` or `--index-info`; paths are
+ separated with NUL character instead of LF.
\--::
Do not interpret any more arguments as options.
@@ -264,7 +264,9 @@ tree files, you have to explicitly tell git about it by dropping
"assume unchanged" bit, either before or after you modify them.
In order to set "assume unchanged" bit, use `--assume-unchanged`
-option. To unset, use `--no-assume-unchanged`.
+option. To unset, use `--no-assume-unchanged`. To see which files
+have the "assume unchanged" bit set, use `git ls-files -v`
+(see linkgit:git-ls-files[1]).
The command looks at `core.ignorestat` configuration variable. When
this is true, paths updated with `git update-index paths...` and
@@ -363,16 +365,8 @@ ctime for marking files processed) (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
SEE ALSO
--------
linkgit:git-config[1],
-linkgit:git-add[1]
-
-
-Author
-------
-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
-
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
+linkgit:git-add[1],
+linkgit:git-ls-files[1]
GIT
---