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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt
index 2db8eacc3e..c78063d4f7 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-generate-patch.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ linkgit:git-diff-files[1]
with the `-p` option produces patch text.
You can customize the creation of patch text via the
`GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF` and the `GIT_DIFF_OPTS` environment variables
-(see linkgit:git[1]).
+(see linkgit:git[1]), and the `diff` attribute (see linkgit:gitattributes[5]).
What the -p option produces is slightly different from the traditional
diff format:
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ separate lines indicate the old and the new mode.
rename from b
rename to a
+5. Hunk headers mention the name of the function to which the hunk
+ applies. See "Defining a custom hunk-header" in
+ linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details of how to tailor to this to
+ specific languages.
+
Combined diff format
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