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diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index c3dffffe3..98509b4f4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
 'git-config' [<file-option>] --rename-section old_name new_name
 'git-config' [<file-option>] --remove-section name
 'git-config' [<file-option>] [-z|--null] -l | --list
+'git-config' [<file-option>] --get-color name [default]
+'git-config' [<file-option>] --get-colorbool name [stdout-is-tty]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -134,15 +136,30 @@ See also <<FILES>>.
 	output without getting confused e.g. by values that
 	contain line breaks.
 
+--get-colorbool name [stdout-is-tty]::
+
+	Find the color setting for `name` (e.g. `color.diff`) and output
+	"true" or "false".  `stdout-is-tty` should be either "true" or
+	"false", and is taken into account when configuration says
+	"auto".  If `stdout-is-tty` is missing, then checks the standard
+	output of the command itself, and exits with status 0 if color
+	is to be used, or exits with status 1 otherwise.
+
+--get-color name default::
+
+	Find the color configured for `name` (e.g. `color.diff.new`) and
+	output it as the ANSI color escape sequence to the standard
+	output.  The optional `default` parameter is used instead, if
+	there is no color configured for `name`.
 
 [[FILES]]
 FILES
 -----
 
-If not set explicitely with '--file', there are three files where
+If not set explicitly with '--file', there are three files where
 git-config will search for configuration options:
 
-.git/config::
+$GIT_DIR/config::
 	Repository specific configuration file. (The filename is
 	of course relative to the repository root, not the working
 	directory.)
@@ -292,6 +309,15 @@ To add a new proxy, without altering any of the existing ones, use
 % git config core.gitproxy '"proxy-command" for example.com'
 ------------
 
+An example to use customized color from the configuration in your
+script:
+
+------------
+#!/bin/sh
+WS=$(git config --get-color color.diff.whitespace "blue reverse")
+RESET=$(git config --get-color "" "reset")
+echo "${WS}your whitespace color or blue reverse${RESET}"
+------------
 
 include::config.txt[]