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diff --git a/t/README b/t/README
index fd9375b146..8eb9e46b1d 100644
--- a/t/README
+++ b/t/README
@@ -436,6 +436,9 @@ and "sha256".
 GIT_TEST_WRITE_REV_INDEX=<boolean>, when true enables the
 'pack.writeReverseIndex' setting.
 
+GIT_TEST_SPARSE_INDEX=<boolean>, when true enables index writes to use the
+sparse-index format by default.
+
 Naming Tests
 ------------