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diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 46dd56c12..2b6d6c865 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git add' [-n] [-v] [--force | -f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p]
-	  [--update | -u] [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--]
+	  [--all | [--update | -u]] [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--]
 	  <filepattern>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -86,6 +86,12 @@ OPTIONS
 	command line. If no paths are specified, all tracked files in the
 	current directory and its subdirectories are updated.
 
+-A::
+--all::
+	Update files that git already knows about (same as '\--update')
+	and add all untracked files that are not ignored by '.gitignore'
+	mechanism.
+
 --refresh::
 	Don't add the file(s), but only refresh their stat()
 	information in the index.
@@ -187,8 +193,9 @@ update::
    "Update>>".  When the prompt ends with double '>>', you can
    make more than one selection, concatenated with whitespace or
    comma.  Also you can say ranges.  E.g. "2-5 7,9" to choose
-   2,3,4,5,7,9 from the list.  You can say '*' to choose
-   everything.
+   2,3,4,5,7,9 from the list.  If the second number in a range is
+   omitted, all remaining patches are taken.  E.g. "7-" to choose
+   7,8,9 from the list.  You can say '*' to choose everything.
 +
 What you chose are then highlighted with '*',
 like this: