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diff --git a/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt b/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt
index 209e36bac..c4f4cabbd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-mailsplit.txt
@@ -3,16 +3,19 @@ git-mailsplit(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-git-mailsplit - Totally braindamaged mbox splitter program
+git-mailsplit - Simple UNIX mbox splitter program
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-mailsplit' [-b] [-f<nn>] [-d<prec>] -o<directory> [--] [<mbox>...]
+'git-mailsplit' [-b] [-f<nn>] [-d<prec>] -o<directory> [--] [<mbox>|<Maildir>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
-Splits a mbox file into a list of files: "0001" "0002" ..  in the specified
-directory so you can process them further from there.
+Splits a mbox file or a Maildir into a list of files: "0001" "0002" ..  in the
+specified directory so you can process them further from there.
+
+IMPORTANT: Maildir splitting relies upon filenames being sorted to output
+patches in the correct order.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
@@ -20,12 +23,16 @@ OPTIONS
 	Mbox file to split.  If not given, the mbox is read from
 	the standard input.
 
+<Maildir>::
+	Root of the Maildir to split. This directory should contain the cur, tmp
+	and new subdirectories.
+
 <directory>::
 	Directory in which to place the individual messages.
 
 -b::
 	If any file doesn't begin with a From line, assume it is a
-	single mail message instead of signalling error.
+	single mail message instead of signaling error.
 
 -d<prec>::
 	Instead of the default 4 digits with leading zeros,
@@ -49,4 +56,3 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-