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diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index c3adafd78a..18ddc78f42 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -177,6 +177,10 @@ Valid `<type>`'s include:
~/` from the command line to let your shell do the expansion.)
- 'expiry-date': canonicalize by converting from a fixed or relative date-string
to a timestamp. This specifier has no effect when setting the value.
+- 'color': When getting a value, canonicalize by converting to an ANSI color
+ escape sequence. When setting a value, a sanity-check is performed to ensure
+ that the given value is canonicalize-able as an ANSI color, but it is written
+ as-is.
+
--bool::
@@ -228,6 +232,8 @@ Valid `<type>`'s include:
output it as the ANSI color escape sequence to the standard
output. The optional `default` parameter is used instead, if
there is no color configured for `name`.
++
+`--type=color [--default=<default>]` is preferred over `--get-color`.
-e::
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