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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 2c63a0fba..aacf4fd32 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git clone' [--template=<template_directory>]
 	  [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [--mirror]
 	  [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
-	  [--depth <depth>] [--] <repository> [<directory>]
+	  [--depth <depth>] [--recursive] [--] <repository> [<directory>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ its source repository, you can simply run `git repack -a` to copy all
 objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 
 --reference <repository>::
-	If the reference repository is on the local machine
+	If the reference repository is on the local machine,
 	automatically setup .git/objects/info/alternates to
 	obtain objects from the reference repository.  Using
 	an already existing repository as an alternate will
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 	Instead of using the remote name 'origin' to keep track
 	of the upstream repository, use <name>.
 
+--branch <name>::
+-b <name>::
+	Instead of pointing the newly created HEAD to the branch pointed
+	to by the cloned repository's HEAD, point to <name> branch
+	instead. In a non-bare repository, this is the branch that will
+	be checked out.
+
 --upload-pack <upload-pack>::
 -u <upload-pack>::
 	When given, and the repository to clone from is accessed
@@ -147,6 +154,14 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 	with a long history, and would want to send in fixes
 	as patches.
 
+--recursive::
+	After the clone is created, initialize all submodules within,
+	using their default settings. This is equivalent to running
+	'git submodule update --init --recursive' immediately after
+	the clone is finished. This option is ignored if the cloned
+	repository does not have a worktree/checkout (i.e. if any of
+	`--no-checkout`/`-n`, `--bare`, or `--mirror` is given)
+
 <repository>::
 	The (possibly remote) repository to clone from.  See the
 	<<URLS,URLS>> section below for more information on specifying