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diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index c884862e2f..13b106d626 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [[--track | --no-track] -b <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>]
-'git checkout' [-f|--ours|--theirs|-m] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>...
+'git checkout' [-f|--ours|--theirs|-m|--conflict=<style>] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ entries; instead, unmerged entries are ignored.
based sha1 expressions such as "<branchname>@\{yesterday}".
-m::
+--merge::
When switching branches,
if you have local modifications to one or more files that
are different between the current branch and the branch to
@@ -101,6 +102,13 @@ should result in deletion of the path).
When checking out paths from the index, this option lets you recreate
the conflicted merge in the specified paths.
+--conflict=<style>::
+ The same as --merge option above, but changes the way the
+ conflicting hunks are presented, overriding the
+ merge.conflictstyle configuration variable. Possible values are
+ "merge" (default) and "diff3" (in addition to what is shown by
+ "merge" style, shows the original contents).
+
<new_branch>::
Name for the new branch.