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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index fdccbd4cb..975824301 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -62,6 +62,15 @@ 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.
+
+
 
 --reference <repository>::
 	If the reference repository is on the local machine