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diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index 5aa69c0e1..3bccffae6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ git-checkout - Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [[--track | --no-track] -b <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>]
-'git checkout' [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>...
+'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [--track | --no-track] [-b <new_branch> [-l]] [-m] [<branch>]
+'git checkout' [-f|--ours|--theirs|-m|--conflict=<style>] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>...
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -21,16 +21,26 @@ specified, <new_branch>.  Using -b will cause <new_branch> to
 be created; in this case you can use the --track or --no-track
 options, which will be passed to `git branch`.
 
+As a convenience, --track will default to create a branch whose
+name is constructed from the specified branch name by stripping
+the first namespace level.
+
 When <paths> are given, this command does *not* switch
 branches.  It updates the named paths in the working tree from
-the index file (i.e. it runs `git checkout-index -f -u`), or
-from a named commit.  In
-this case, the `-f` and `-b` options are meaningless and giving
+the index file, or from a named <tree-ish> (most often a commit).  In
+this case, the `-b` options is meaningless and giving
 either of them results in an error.  <tree-ish> argument can be
 used to specify a specific tree-ish (i.e. commit, tag or tree)
 to update the index for the given paths before updating the
 working tree.
 
+The index may contain unmerged entries after a failed merge.  By
+default, if you try to check out such an entry from the index, the
+checkout operation will fail and nothing will be checked out.
+Using -f will ignore these unmerged entries.  The contents from a
+specific side of the merge can be checked out of the index by
+using --ours or --theirs.  With -m, changes made to the working tree
+file can be discarded to recreate the original conflicted merge result.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
@@ -38,8 +48,17 @@ OPTIONS
 	Quiet, suppress feedback messages.
 
 -f::
-	Proceed even if the index or the working tree differs
-	from HEAD.  This is used to throw away local changes.
+	When switching branches, proceed even if the index or the
+	working tree differs from HEAD.  This is used to throw away
+	local changes.
++
+When checking out paths from the index, do not fail upon unmerged
+entries; instead, unmerged entries are ignored.
+
+--ours::
+--theirs::
+	When checking out paths from the index, check out stage #2
+	('ours') or #3 ('theirs') for unmerged paths.
 
 -b::
 	Create a new branch named <new_branch> and start it at
@@ -59,6 +78,17 @@ OPTIONS
 	'git-checkout' and 'git-branch' to always behave as if '--no-track' were
 	given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the
 	start-point is either a local or remote branch.
++
+If no '-b' option was given, the name of the new branch will be
+derived from the remote branch, by attempting to guess the name
+of the branch on remote system.  If "remotes/" or "refs/remotes/"
+are prefixed, it is stripped away, and then the part up to the
+next slash (which would be the nickname of the remote) is removed.
+This would tell us to use "hack" as the local branch when branching
+off of "origin/hack" (or "remotes/origin/hack", or even
+"refs/remotes/origin/hack").  If the given name has no slash, or the above
+guessing results in an empty name, the guessing is aborted.  You can
+explicitly give a name with '-b' in such a case.
 
 --no-track::
 	Ignore the branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable.
@@ -69,7 +99,9 @@ OPTIONS
 	based sha1 expressions such as "<branchname>@\{yesterday}".
 
 -m::
-	If you have local modifications to one or more files that
+--merge::
+	When switching branches,
+	if you have local modifications to one or more files that
 	are different between the current branch and the branch to
 	which you are switching, the command refuses to switch
 	branches in order to preserve your modifications in context.
@@ -81,6 +113,16 @@ When a merge conflict happens, the index entries for conflicting
 paths are left unmerged, and you need to resolve the conflicts
 and mark the resolved paths with `git add` (or `git rm` if the merge
 should result in deletion of the path).
++
+When checking out paths from the index, this option lets you recreate
+the conflicted merge in the specified paths.
+
+--conflict=<style>::
+	The same as --merge option above, but changes the way the
+	conflicting hunks are presented, overriding the
+	merge.conflictstyle configuration variable.  Possible values are
+	"merge" (default) and "diff3" (in addition to what is shown by
+	"merge" style, shows the original contents).
 
 <new_branch>::
 	Name for the new branch.
@@ -91,6 +133,10 @@ should result in deletion of the path).
 +
 When this parameter names a non-branch (but still a valid commit object),
 your HEAD becomes 'detached'.
++
+As a special case, the "`@\{-N\}`" syntax for the N-th last branch
+checks out the branch (instead of detaching).  You may also specify
+"`-`" which is synonymous with "`@\{-1\}`".
 
 
 Detached HEAD
@@ -190,7 +236,6 @@ the `-m` option, you would see something like this:
 ------------
 $ git checkout -m mytopic
 Auto-merging frotz
-merge: warning: conflicts during merge
 ERROR: Merge conflict in frotz
 fatal: merge program failed
 ------------