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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 234188161..91efac920 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-clone - Clone a repository into a new directory
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-clone' [--template=<template_directory>]
+'git clone' [--template=<template_directory>]
 	  [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare]
 	  [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
 	  [--depth <depth>] [--] <repository> [<directory>]
@@ -62,12 +62,16 @@ OPTIONS
 	.git/objects/info/alternates to share the objects
 	with the source repository.  The resulting repository
 	starts out without any object of its own.
-	*NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
-	it unless you understand what it does. If you clone your
-	repository using this option, then delete branches in the
-	source repository and then run linkgit:git-gc[1] using the
-	'--prune' option in the source repository, it may remove
-	objects which are referenced by the cloned repository.
++
+*NOTE*: this is a possibly dangerous operation; do *not* use
+it unless you understand what it does. If you clone your
+repository using this option and then delete branches (or use any
+other git command that makes any existing commit unreferenced) in the
+source repository, some objects may become unreferenced (or dangling).
+These objects may be removed by normal git operations (such as 'git-commit')
+which automatically call `git gc --auto`. (See linkgit:git-gc[1].)
+If these objects are removed and were referenced by the cloned repository,
+then the cloned repository will become corrupt.
 
 
 
@@ -78,11 +82,13 @@ OPTIONS
 	an already existing repository as an alternate will
 	require fewer objects to be copied from the repository
 	being cloned, reducing network and local storage costs.
++
+*NOTE*: see NOTE to --shared option.
 
 --quiet::
 -q::
 	Operate quietly.  This flag is passed to "rsync" and
-	"git-fetch-pack" commands when given.
+	'git-fetch-pack' commands when given.
 
 --no-checkout::
 -n::
@@ -108,7 +114,7 @@ OPTIONS
 --upload-pack <upload-pack>::
 -u <upload-pack>::
 	When given, and the repository to clone from is handled
-	by 'git-fetch-pack', '--exec=<upload-pack>' is passed to
+	by 'git-fetch-pack', `--exec=<upload-pack>` is passed to
 	the command to specify non-default path for the command
 	run on the other end.
 
@@ -199,4 +205,4 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite