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diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt
index a415fe24c..4fb1d8441 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-am.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt
@@ -3,12 +3,15 @@ git-am(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-am - Apply a series of patches in a mailbox
+git-am - Apply a series of patches from a mailbox
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-am' [--signoff] [--dotest=<dir>] [--utf8] [--binary] [--3way] <mbox>...
+[verse]
+'git-am' [--signoff] [--dotest=<dir>] [--utf8 | --no-utf8] [--binary] [--3way]
+         [--interactive] [--whitespace=<option>] [-C<n>] [-p<n>]
+	 <mbox>...
 'git-am' [--skip | --resolved]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -19,6 +22,10 @@ current branch.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
+<mbox>...::
+	The list of mailbox files to read patches from. If you do not
+	supply this argument, reads from the standard input.
+
 --signoff::
 	Add `Signed-off-by:` line to the commit message, using
 	the committer identity of yourself.
@@ -27,8 +34,21 @@ OPTIONS
 	Instead of `.dotest` directory, use <dir> as a working
 	area to store extracted patches.
 
---utf8, --keep::
-	Pass `-u` and `-k` flags to `git-mailinfo` (see
+--keep::
+	Pass `-k` flag to `git-mailinfo` (see gitlink:git-mailinfo[1]).
+
+--utf8::
+	Pass `-u` flag to `git-mailinfo` (see gitlink:git-mailinfo[1]).
+	The proposed commit log message taken from the e-mail
+	are re-coded into UTF-8 encoding (configuration variable
+	`i18n.commitencoding` can be used to specify project's
+	preferred encoding if it is not UTF-8).
++
+This was optional in prior versions of git, but now it is the
+default.   You could use `--no-utf8` to override this.
+
+--no-utf8::
+	Do not pass `-u` flag to `git-mailinfo` (see
 	gitlink:git-mailinfo[1]).
 
 --binary::
@@ -45,6 +65,14 @@ OPTIONS
 	Skip the current patch.  This is only meaningful when
 	restarting an aborted patch.
 
+--whitespace=<option>::
+	This flag is passed to the `git-apply` program that applies
+	the patch.
+
+-C<n>, -p<n>::
+	These flag are passed to the `git-apply` program that applies
+	the patch.
+
 --interactive::
 	Run interactively, just like git-applymbox.
 
@@ -79,7 +107,7 @@ names.
 
 SEE ALSO
 --------
-gitlink:git-applymbox[1], gitlink:git-applypatch[1].
+gitlink:git-applymbox[1], gitlink:git-applypatch[1], gitlink:git-apply[1].
 
 
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