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diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt
index d2eaa0995..0fa47e3b0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt
@@ -67,6 +67,20 @@ OPTIONS
 	The default value for both --window and --depth is 10.
 
 
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+When configuration variable `repack.UseDeltaBaseOffset` is set
+for the repository, the command passes `--delta-base-offset`
+option to `git-pack-objects`; this typically results in slightly
+smaller packs, but the generated packs are incompatible with
+versions of git older than (and including) v1.4.3; do not set
+the variable in a repository that older version of git needs to
+be able to read (this includes repositories from which packs can
+be copied out over http or rsync, and people who obtained packs
+that way can try to use older git with it).
+
+
 Author
 ------
 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>