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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index 8d35cbd60..8dc5b001c 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -170,6 +170,14 @@ endif::git-format-patch[]
 	Swap two inputs; that is, show differences from index or
 	on-disk file to tree contents.
 
+--relative[=<path>]::
+	When run from a subdirectory of the project, it can be
+	told to exclude changes outside the directory and show
+	pathnames relative to it with this option.  When you are
+	not in a subdirectory (e.g. in a bare repository), you
+	can name which subdirectory to make the output relative
+	to by giving a <path> as an argument.
+
 --text::
 	Treat all files as text.