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diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
index 8881686fa..c2f483a8d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
 This program is usually not what the end user wants to run directly.
 Most end users want to use one of the existing frontend programs,
 which parses a specific type of foreign source and feeds the contents
-stored there to git-fast-import.
+stored there to 'git-fast-import'.
 
 fast-import reads a mixed command/data stream from standard input and
 writes one or more packfiles directly into the current repository.
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ updated branch and tag refs, fully updating the current repository
 with the newly imported data.
 
 The fast-import backend itself can import into an empty repository (one that
-has already been initialized by linkgit:git-init[1]) or incrementally
+has already been initialized by 'git-init') or incrementally
 update an existing populated repository.  Whether or not incremental
 imports are supported from a particular foreign source depends on
 the frontend program in use.
@@ -82,11 +82,11 @@ OPTIONS
 	This information may be useful after importing projects
 	whose total object set exceeds the 4 GiB packfile limit,
 	as these commits can be used as edge points during calls
-	to linkgit:git-pack-objects[1].
+	to 'git-pack-objects'.
 
 --quiet::
 	Disable all non-fatal output, making fast-import silent when it
-	is successful.	This option disables the output shown by
+	is successful.  This option disables the output shown by
 	\--stats.
 
 --stats::
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@ an ideal situation, given that most conversion tools are throw-away
 
 Parallel Operation
 ------------------
-Like `git-push` or `git-fetch`, imports handled by fast-import are safe to
+Like 'git-push' or 'git-fetch', imports handled by fast-import are safe to
 run alongside parallel `git repack -a -d` or `git gc` invocations,
-or any other Git operation (including `git-prune`, as loose objects
+or any other Git operation (including 'git-prune', as loose objects
 are never used by fast-import).
 
 fast-import does not lock the branch or tag refs it is actively importing.
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ variation in formatting will cause fast-import to reject the value.
 +
 An example value is ``Tue Feb 6 11:22:18 2007 -0500''.  The Git
 parser is accurate, but a little on the lenient side.  It is the
-same parser used by linkgit:git-am[1] when applying patches
+same parser used by 'git-am' when applying patches
 received from email.
 +
 Some malformed strings may be accepted as valid dates.  In some of
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ timezone.
 This particular format is supplied as its short to implement and
 may be useful to a process that wants to create a new commit
 right now, without needing to use a working directory or
-linkgit:git-update-index[1].
+'git-update-index'.
 +
 If separate `author` and `committer` commands are used in a `commit`
 the timestamps may not match, as the system clock will be polled
@@ -481,6 +481,9 @@ in octal.  Git only supports the following modes:
   what you want.
 * `100755` or `755`: A normal, but executable, file.
 * `120000`: A symlink, the content of the file will be the link target.
+* `160000`: A gitlink, SHA-1 of the object refers to a commit in
+  another repository. Git links can only be specified by SHA or through
+  a commit mark. They are used to implement submodules.
 
 In both formats `<path>` is the complete path of the file to be added
 (if not already existing) or modified (if already existing).
@@ -654,7 +657,7 @@ recommended, as the frontend does not (easily) have access to the
 complete set of bytes which normally goes into such a signature.
 If signing is required, create lightweight tags from within fast-import with
 `reset`, then create the annotated versions of those tags offline
-with the standard linkgit:git-tag[1] process.
+with the standard 'git-tag' process.
 
 `reset`
 ~~~~~~~
@@ -955,7 +958,7 @@ is not `refs/heads/TAG_FIXUP`).
 
 When committing fixups, consider using `merge` to connect the
 commit(s) which are supplying file revisions to the fixup branch.
-Doing so will allow tools such as linkgit:git-blame[1] to track
+Doing so will allow tools such as 'git-blame' to track
 through the real commit history and properly annotate the source
 files.
 
@@ -984,7 +987,7 @@ Repacking Historical Data
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 If you are repacking very old imported data (e.g. older than the
 last year), consider expending some extra CPU time and supplying
-\--window=50 (or higher) when you run linkgit:git-repack[1].
+\--window=50 (or higher) when you run 'git-repack'.
 This will take longer, but will also produce a smaller packfile.
 You only need to expend the effort once, and everyone using your
 project will benefit from the smaller repository.