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diff --git a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
index b3d8da33e..875d2831a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
@@ -3,20 +3,23 @@ git-imap-send(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-imap-send - Dump a mailbox from stdin into an imap folder
+git-imap-send - Send a collection of patches from stdin to an IMAP folder
 
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
+[verse]
 'git imap-send'
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-This command uploads a mailbox generated with git-format-patch
-into an imap drafts folder.  This allows patches to be sent as
-other email is sent with mail clients that cannot read mailbox
-files directly.
+This command uploads a mailbox generated with 'git format-patch'
+into an IMAP drafts folder.  This allows patches to be sent as
+other email is when using mail clients that cannot read mailbox
+files directly. The command also works with any general mailbox
+in which emails have the fields "From", "Date", and "Subject" in
+that order.
 
 Typical usage is something like:
 
@@ -26,36 +29,130 @@ git format-patch --signoff --stdout --attach origin | git imap-send
 CONFIGURATION
 -------------
 
-'git-imap-send' requires the following values in the repository
-configuration file (shown with examples):
+To use the tool, imap.folder and either imap.tunnel or imap.host must be set
+to appropriate values.
+
+Variables
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+imap.folder::
+	The folder to drop the mails into, which is typically the Drafts
+	folder. For example: "INBOX.Drafts", "INBOX/Drafts" or
+	"[Gmail]/Drafts". Required to use imap-send.
+
+imap.tunnel::
+	Command used to setup a tunnel to the IMAP server through which
+	commands will be piped instead of using a direct network connection
+	to the server. Required when imap.host is not set to use imap-send.
+
+imap.host::
+	A URL identifying the server. Use a `imap://` prefix for non-secure
+	connections and a `imaps://` prefix for secure connections.
+	Ignored when imap.tunnel is set, but required to use imap-send
+	otherwise.
+
+imap.user::
+	The username to use when logging in to the server.
+
+imap.pass::
+	The password to use when logging in to the server.
+
+imap.port::
+	An integer port number to connect to on the server.
+	Defaults to 143 for imap:// hosts and 993 for imaps:// hosts.
+	Ignored when imap.tunnel is set.
+
+imap.sslverify::
+	A boolean to enable/disable verification of the server certificate
+	used by the SSL/TLS connection. Default is `true`. Ignored when
+	imap.tunnel is set.
+
+imap.preformattedHTML::
+	A boolean to enable/disable the use of html encoding when sending
+	a patch.  An html encoded patch will be bracketed with <pre>
+	and have a content type of text/html.  Ironically, enabling this
+	option causes Thunderbird to send the patch as a plain/text,
+	format=fixed email.  Default is `false`.
+
+imap.authMethod::
+	Specify authenticate method for authentication with IMAP server.
+	Current supported method is 'CRAM-MD5' only.
+
+Examples
+~~~~~~~~
+
+Using tunnel mode:
 
 ..........................
 [imap]
-    Folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
+    folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
+    tunnel = "ssh -q -C user@example.com /usr/bin/imapd ./Maildir 2> /dev/null"
+..........................
 
-[imap]
-    Tunnel = "ssh -q user@server.com /usr/bin/imapd ./Maildir 2> /dev/null"
+Using direct mode:
 
+.........................
 [imap]
-    Host = imap.server.com
-    User = bob
-    Pass = pwd
-    Port = 143
+    folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
+    host = imap://imap.example.com
+    user = bob
+    pass = p4ssw0rd
 ..........................
 
+Using direct mode with SSL:
 
-BUGS
-----
-Doesn't handle lines starting with "From " in the message body.
+.........................
+[imap]
+    folder = "INBOX.Drafts"
+    host = imaps://imap.example.com
+    user = bob
+    pass = p4ssw0rd
+    port = 123
+    sslverify = false
+..........................
 
 
-Author
-------
-Derived from isync 1.0.1 by Mike McCormack.
+EXAMPLE
+-------
+To submit patches using GMail's IMAP interface, first, edit your ~/.gitconfig
+to specify your account settings:
 
-Documentation
---------------
-Documentation by Mike McCormack
+---------
+[imap]
+	folder = "[Gmail]/Drafts"
+	host = imaps://imap.gmail.com
+	user = user@gmail.com
+	port = 993
+	sslverify = false
+---------
+
+You might need to instead use: folder = "[Google Mail]/Drafts" if you get an error
+that the "Folder doesn't exist".
+
+Once the commits are ready to be sent, run the following command:
+
+  $ git format-patch --cover-letter -M --stdout origin/master | git imap-send
+
+Just make sure to disable line wrapping in the email client (GMail's web
+interface will wrap lines no matter what, so you need to use a real
+IMAP client).
+
+CAUTION
+-------
+It is still your responsibility to make sure that the email message
+sent by your email program meets the standards of your project.
+Many projects do not like patches to be attached.  Some mail
+agents will transform patches (e.g. wrap lines, send them as
+format=flowed) in ways that make them fail.  You will get angry
+flames ridiculing you if you don't check this.
+
+Thunderbird in particular is known to be problematic.  Thunderbird
+users may wish to visit this web page for more information:
+  http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plain_text_e-mail_-_Thunderbird#Completely_plain_email
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkgit:git-format-patch[1], linkgit:git-send-email[1], mbox(5)
 
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