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diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
index bc132c87e..3d1c1e75b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ git-archive - Create an archive of files from a named tree
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git archive' --format=<fmt> [--list] [--prefix=<prefix>/] [<extra>]
-	      [--output=<file>] [--worktree-attributes]
+'git archive' [--format=<fmt>] [--list] [--prefix=<prefix>/] [<extra>]
+	      [-o | --output=<file>] [--worktree-attributes]
 	      [--remote=<repo> [--exec=<git-upload-archive>]] <tree-ish>
 	      [path...]
 
@@ -34,8 +34,11 @@ OPTIONS
 -------
 
 --format=<fmt>::
-	Format of the resulting archive: 'tar' or 'zip'.  The default
-	is 'tar'.
+	Format of the resulting archive: 'tar' or 'zip'. If this option
+	is not given, and the output file is specified, the format is
+	inferred from the filename if possible (e.g. writing to "foo.zip"
+	makes the output to be in the zip format). Otherwise the output
+	format is `tar`.
 
 -l::
 --list::
@@ -48,6 +51,7 @@ OPTIONS
 --prefix=<prefix>/::
 	Prepend <prefix>/ to each filename in the archive.
 
+-o <file>::
 --output=<file>::
 	Write the archive to <file> instead of stdout.
 
@@ -129,6 +133,12 @@ git archive --format=zip --prefix=git-docs/ HEAD:Documentation/ > git-1.4.0-docs
 	Put everything in the current head's Documentation/ directory
 	into 'git-1.4.0-docs.zip', with the prefix 'git-docs/'.
 
+git archive -o latest.zip HEAD::
+
+	Create a Zip archive that contains the contents of the latest
+	commit on the current branch. Note that the output format is
+	inferred by the extension of the output file.
+
 
 SEE ALSO
 --------