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diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index cf7617a5b..015910f27 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -301,12 +301,12 @@ alias.*::
 	hide existing git commands are ignored. Arguments are split by
 	spaces, the usual shell quoting and escaping is supported.
 	quote pair and a backslash can be used to quote them.
-
-	If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point,
-	it will be treated as a shell command.  For example, defining
-	"alias.new = !gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD", the invocation
-	"git new" is equivalent to running the shell command
-	"gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD".
++
+If the alias expansion is prefixed with an exclamation point,
+it will be treated as a shell command.  For example, defining
+"alias.new = !gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD", the invocation
+"git new" is equivalent to running the shell command
+"gitk --all --not ORIG_HEAD".
 
 apply.whitespace::
 	Tells `git-apply` how to handle whitespaces, in the same way
@@ -630,9 +630,17 @@ pack.deltaCacheSize::
 	A value of 0 means no limit. Defaults to 0.
 
 pack.deltaCacheLimit::
-	The maxium size of a delta, that is cached in
+	The maximum size of a delta, that is cached in
 	gitlink:git-pack-objects[1]. Defaults to 1000.
 
+pack.threads::
+	Specifies the number of threads to spawn when searching for best
+	delta matches.  This requires that gitlink:git-pack-objects[1]
+	be compiled with pthreads otherwise this option is ignored with a
+	warning. This is meant to reduce packing time on multiprocessor
+	machines. The required amount of memory for the delta search window
+	is however multiplied by the number of threads.
+
 pull.octopus::
 	The default merge strategy to use when pulling multiple branches
 	at once.