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diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
index d2ab35c999..c30f8cd44b 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
-----------
@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ OPTIONS
This option can be also used as a coarse file-level mechanism
to ignore uncommitted changes in tracked files (akin to what
`.gitignore` does for untracked files).
-You should remember that an explicit 'git add' operation will
-still cause the file to be refreshed from the working tree.
Git will fail (gracefully) in case it needs to modify this file
in the index e.g. when merging in a commit;
thus, in case the assumed-untracked file is changed upstream,
@@ -146,8 +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.