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diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index e108b0f74b..bfa64ca5c9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -264,6 +264,8 @@ section of linkgit:git-add[1] to learn how to operate the `--patch` mode.
local modifications in a submodule would be overwritten the checkout
will fail unless `-f` is used. If nothing (or --no-recurse-submodules)
is used, the work trees of submodules will not be updated.
+ Just like linkgit:git-submodule[1], this will detach the
+ submodules HEAD.
<branch>::
Branch to checkout; if it refers to a branch (i.e., a name that,