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diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index 144bc16ff26bbf1d311482e6be15fc034994ce49..bca4212e565c95f79a76a14cc4444e72e472a22c 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -56,8 +56,12 @@ merge.verbosity::
        message if conflicts were detected. Level 1 outputs only
        conflicts, 2 outputs conflicts and file changes.  Level 5 and
        above outputs debugging information.  The default is level 2.
-       Can be overriden by 'GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY' environment variable.
+       Can be overridden by 'GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY' environment variable.
 
+branch.<name>.mergeoptions::
+       Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and
+       supported options are equal to that of git-merge, but option values
+       containing whitespace characters are currently not supported.
 
 HOW MERGE WORKS
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