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diff --git a/contrib/svn-fe/svn-fe.txt b/contrib/svn-fe/svn-fe.txt
index cd075b96c5..1128ab2ce4 100644
--- a/contrib/svn-fe/svn-fe.txt
+++ b/contrib/svn-fe/svn-fe.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ svn-fe - convert an SVN "dumpfile" to a fast-import stream
SYNOPSIS
--------
-svnadmin dump --incremental REPO | svn-fe [url] | git fast-import
+[verse]
+mkfifo backchannel &&
+svnadmin dump --deltas REPO |
+ svn-fe [url] 3<backchannel |
+ git fast-import --cat-blob-fd=3 3>backchannel
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -28,9 +32,6 @@ Subversion's repository dump format is documented in full in
Files in this format can be generated using the 'svnadmin dump' or
'svk admin dump' command.
-Dumps produced with 'svnadmin dump --deltas' (dumpfile format v3)
-are not supported.
-
OUTPUT FORMAT
-------------
The fast-import format is documented by the git-fast-import(1)
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ as committer, where 'user' is the value of the `svn:author` property
and 'UUID' the repository's identifier.
To support incremental imports, 'svn-fe' puts a `git-svn-id` line at
-the end of each commit log message if passed an url on the command
+the end of each commit log message if passed a URL on the command
line. This line has the form `git-svn-id: URL@REVNO UUID`.
The resulting repository will generally require further processing