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diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 6cbcf937b..651efe6ca 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -9,27 +9,42 @@ git-format-patch - Prepare patches for e-mail submission
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-format-patch' [-n | -k] [-o <dir> | --stdout] [--thread]
+'git-format-patch' [-k] [-o <dir> | --stdout] [--thread]
                    [--attach[=<boundary>] | --inline[=<boundary>]]
                    [-s | --signoff] [<common diff options>]
+                   [-n | --numbered | -N | --no-numbered]
                    [--start-number <n>] [--numbered-files]
                    [--in-reply-to=Message-Id] [--suffix=.<sfx>]
                    [--ignore-if-in-upstream]
                    [--subject-prefix=Subject-Prefix]
-                   <since>[..<until>]
+		   [ <since> | <revision range> ]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 
-Prepare each commit between <since> and <until> with its patch in
+Prepare each commit with its patch in
 one file per commit, formatted to resemble UNIX mailbox format.
-If ..<until> is not specified, the head of the current working
-tree is implied.  For a more complete list of ways to spell
-<since> and <until>, see "SPECIFYING REVISIONS" section in
-gitlink:git-rev-parse[1].
-
 The output of this command is convenient for e-mail submission or
-for use with gitlink:git-am[1].
+for use with linkgit:git-am[1].
+
+There are two ways to specify which commits to operate on.
+
+1. A single commit, <since>, specifies that the commits leading
+   to the tip of the current branch that are not in the history
+   that leads to the <since> to be output.
+
+2. Generic <revision range> expression (see "SPECIFYING
+   REVISIONS" section in linkgit:git-rev-parse[1]) means the
+   commits in the specified range.
+
+A single commit, when interpreted as a <revision range>
+expression, means "everything that leads to that commit", but
+if you write 'git format-patch <commit>', the previous rule
+applies to that command line and you do not get "everything
+since the beginning of the time".  If you want to format
+everything since project inception to one commit, say "git
+format-patch \--root <commit>" to make it clear that it is the
+latter case.
 
 By default, each output file is numbered sequentially from 1, and uses the
 first line of the commit message (massaged for pathname safety) as
@@ -51,6 +66,7 @@ reference.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
+:git-format-patch: 1
 include::diff-options.txt[]
 
 -<n>::
@@ -63,6 +79,9 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
 -n|--numbered::
 	Name output in '[PATCH n/m]' format.
 
+-N|--no-numbered::
+	Name output in '[PATCH]' format.
+
 --start-number <n>::
 	Start numbering the patches at <n> instead of 1.
 
@@ -118,7 +137,7 @@ include::diff-options.txt[]
 
 --suffix=.<sfx>::
 	Instead of using `.patch` as the suffix for generated
-	filenames, use specifed suffix.  A common alternative is
+	filenames, use specified suffix.  A common alternative is
 	`--suffix=.txt`.
 +
 Note that you would need to include the leading dot `.` if you
@@ -128,15 +147,16 @@ not add any suffix.
 
 CONFIGURATION
 -------------
-You can specify extra mail header lines to be added to each
-message in the repository configuration.  You can also specify
-new defaults for the subject prefix and file suffix.
+You can specify extra mail header lines to be added to each message
+in the repository configuration, new defaults for the subject prefix
+and file suffix, and number patches when outputting more than one.
 
 ------------
 [format]
         headers = "Organization: git-foo\n"
         subjectprefix = CHANGE
         suffix = .txt
+        numbered = auto
 ------------
 
 
@@ -153,6 +173,10 @@ git-format-patch origin::
 	not in the origin branch.  For each commit a separate file
 	is created in the current directory.
 
+git-format-patch \--root origin::
+	Extract all commits that lead to 'origin' since the
+	inception of the project.
+
 git-format-patch -M -B origin::
 	The same as the previous one.  Additionally, it detects
 	and handles renames and complete rewrites intelligently to
@@ -168,7 +192,7 @@ git-format-patch -3::
 
 See Also
 --------
-gitlink:git-am[1], gitlink:git-send-email[1]
+linkgit:git-am[1], linkgit:git-send-email[1]
 
 
 Author
@@ -181,4 +205,4 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite