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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 909076281..f5a552ee8 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -125,21 +125,28 @@ apply.whitespace::
 
 branch.<name>.remote::
 	When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` which remote to fetch.
+	If this option is not given, `git fetch` defaults to remote "origin".
 
 branch.<name>.merge::
-	When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` the default remote branch
-	to be merged.
-
-pager.color::
+	When in branch <name>, it tells `git fetch` the default refspec to
+	be marked for merging in FETCH_HEAD. The value has exactly to match
+	a remote part of one of the refspecs which are fetched from the remote
+	given by "branch.<name>.remote".
+	The merge information is used by `git pull` (which at first calls
+	`git fetch`) to lookup the default branch for merging. Without
+	this option, `git pull` defaults to merge the first refspec fetched.
+	Specify multiple values to get an octopus merge.
+
+color.pager::
 	A boolean to enable/disable colored output when the pager is in
 	use (default is true).
 
-diff.color::
+color.diff::
 	When true (or `always`), always use colors in patch.
 	When false (or `never`), never.  When set to `auto`, use
 	colors only when the output is to the terminal.
 
-diff.color.<slot>::
+color.diff.<slot>::
 	Use customized color for diff colorization.  `<slot>`
 	specifies which part of the patch to use the specified
 	color, and is one of `plain` (context text), `meta`
@@ -264,19 +271,19 @@ showbranch.default::
 	The default set of branches for gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
 	See gitlink:git-show-branch[1].
 
-status.color::
+color.status::
 	A boolean to enable/disable color in the output of
 	gitlink:git-status[1]. May be set to `true` (or `always`),
 	`false` (or `never`) or `auto`, in which case colors are used
 	only when the output is to a terminal. Defaults to false.
 
-status.color.<slot>::
+color.status.<slot>::
 	Use customized color for status colorization. `<slot>` is
 	one of `header` (the header text of the status message),
 	`updated` (files which are updated but not committed),
 	`changed` (files which are changed but not updated in the index),
 	or `untracked` (files which are not tracked by git). The values of
-	these variables may be specified as in diff.color.<slot>.
+	these variables may be specified as in color.diff.<slot>.
 
 tar.umask::
 	By default, gitlink:git-tar-tree[1] sets file and directories modes