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diff --git a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
index ab4dcae21..075c0d05e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cat-file.txt
@@ -3,23 +3,25 @@ git-cat-file(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-cat-file - Provide content or type information for repository objects
+git-cat-file - Provide content or type/size information for repository objects
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-cat-file' (-t | -s | <type>) <object>
+'git-cat-file' [-t | -s | -e | -p | <type>] <object>
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 Provides content or type of objects in the repository. The type
-is required unless '-t' is used to find the object type,
+is required unless '-t' or '-p' is used to find the object type,
 or '-s' is used to find the object size.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
 <object>::
-	The sha1 identifier of the object.
+	The name of the object to show.
+	For a more complete list of ways to spell object names, see
+	"SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in gitlink:git-rev-parse[1].
 
 -t::
 	Instead of the content, show the object type identified by
@@ -29,6 +31,13 @@ OPTIONS
 	Instead of the content, show the object size identified by
 	<object>.
 
+-e::
+	Suppress all output; instead exit with zero status if <object>
+	exists and is a valid object.
+
+-p::
+	Pretty-print the contents of <object> based on its type.
+
 <type>::
 	Typically this matches the real type of <object> but asking
 	for a type that can trivially be dereferenced from the given
@@ -39,8 +48,13 @@ OPTIONS
 
 OUTPUT
 ------
-If '-t' is specified, one of the <type>.  If '-s' is specified,
-the size of the <object> in bytes.
+If '-t' is specified, one of the <type>.
+
+If '-s' is specified, the size of the <object> in bytes.
+
+If '-e' is specified, no output.
+
+If '-p' is specified, the contents of <object> are pretty-printed.
 
 Otherwise the raw (though uncompressed) contents of the <object> will
 be returned.