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diff --git a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt
index 47576be5db..f970196bc1 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ strategies to ask the user for usernames and passwords:
to the program on the command line, and the user's input is read
from its standard output.
-2. Otherwise, if the `core.askpass` configuration variable is set, its
+2. Otherwise, if the `core.askPass` configuration variable is set, its
value is used as above.
3. Otherwise, if the `SSH_ASKPASS` environment variable is set, its
@@ -101,11 +101,6 @@ $ git help credential-foo
$ git config --global credential.helper foo
-------------------------------------------
-If there are multiple instances of the `credential.helper` configuration
-variable, each helper will be tried in turn, and may provide a username,
-password, or nothing. Once Git has acquired both a username and a
-password, no more helpers will be tried.
-
CREDENTIAL CONTEXTS
-------------------
@@ -157,6 +152,16 @@ helper::
shell (so, for example, setting this to `foo --option=bar` will execute
`git credential-foo --option=bar` via the shell. See the manual of
specific helpers for examples of their use.
++
+If there are multiple instances of the `credential.helper` configuration
+variable, each helper will be tried in turn, and may provide a username,
+password, or nothing. Once Git has acquired both a username and a
+password, no more helpers will be tried.
++
+If `credential.helper` is configured to the empty string, this resets
+the helper list to empty (so you may override a helper set by a
+lower-priority config file by configuring the empty-string helper,
+followed by whatever set of helpers you would like).
username::