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diff --git a/Documentation/git-annotate.txt b/Documentation/git-annotate.txt
index da15379ae..0aba022ba 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-annotate.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-annotate.txt
@@ -7,13 +7,18 @@ git-annotate - Annotate file lines with commit info
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-git-annotate [options] file [revision]
+'git annotate' [options] file [revision]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 Annotates each line in the given file with information from the commit
 which introduced the line. Optionally annotate from a given revision.
 
+The only difference between this command and linkgit:git-blame[1] is that
+they use slightly different output formats, and this command exists only
+for backward compatibility to support existing scripts, and provide more
+familiar command name for people coming from other SCM systems.
+
 OPTIONS
 -------
 include::blame-options.txt[]