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diff --git a/Documentation/git-stash.txt b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
index 35888b43c..5723bb06f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-stash.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-stash.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ git-stash - Stash the changes in a dirty working directory away
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-stash' (save | list | show [<stash>] | apply [<stash>] | clear)
+'git-stash' (list | show [<stash>] | apply [<stash>] | clear)
+'git-stash' [save] [message...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -22,12 +23,14 @@ The modifications stashed away by this command can be listed with
 `git-stash list`, inspected with `git-stash show`, and restored
 (potentially on top of a different commit) with `git-stash apply`.
 Calling git-stash without any arguments is equivalent to `git-stash
-save`.
+save`.  A stash is by default listed as "WIP on 'branchname' ...", but
+you can give a more descriptive message on the command line when
+you create one.
 
 The latest stash you created is stored in `$GIT_DIR/refs/stash`; older
 stashes are found in the reflog of this reference and can be named using
-the usual reflog syntax (e.g. `stash@\{1}` is the most recently
-created stash, `stash@\{2}` is the one before it, `stash@\{2.hours.ago}`
+the usual reflog syntax (e.g. `stash@\{0}` is the most recently
+created stash, `stash@\{1}` is the one before it, `stash@\{2.hours.ago}`
 is also possible).
 
 OPTIONS
@@ -42,14 +45,14 @@ save::
 list::
 
 	List the stashes that you currently have.  Each 'stash' is listed
-	with its name (e.g. `stash@\{0}` is the latest stash, `stash@\{1} is
+	with its name (e.g. `stash@\{0}` is the latest stash, `stash@\{1}` is
 	the one before, etc.), the name of the branch that was current when the
 	stash was made, and a short description of the commit the stash was
 	based on.
 +
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
-stash@{0}: submit: 6ebd0e2... Add git-stash
-stash@{1}: master: 9cc0589... Merge branch 'master' of gfi
+stash@{0}: WIP on submit: 6ebd0e2... Update git-stash documentation
+stash@{1}: On master: 9cc0589... Add git-stash
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 show [<stash>]::
@@ -58,9 +61,9 @@ show [<stash>]::
 	stashed state and its original parent. When no `<stash>` is given,
 	shows the latest one. By default, the command shows the diffstat, but
 	it will accept any format known to `git-diff` (e.g., `git-stash show
-	-p stash@\{2}` to view the second most recent stash in patch form).
+	-p stash@\{1}` to view the second most recent stash in patch form).
 
-apply [<stash>]::
+apply [--index] [<stash>]::
 
 	Restore the changes recorded in the stash on top of the current
 	working tree state.  When no `<stash>` is given, applies the latest
@@ -68,6 +71,11 @@ apply [<stash>]::
 +
 This operation can fail with conflicts; you need to resolve them
 by hand in the working tree.
++
+If the `--index` option is used, then tries to reinstate not only the working
+tree's changes, but also the index's ones. However, this can fail, when you
+have conflicts (which are stored in the index, where you therefore can no
+longer apply the changes as they were originally).
 
 clear::
 	Remove all the stashed states. Note that those states will then
@@ -85,7 +93,7 @@ the `HEAD` commit.  The ancestry graph looks like this:
 
             .----W
            /    /
-     ...--H----I
+     -----H----I
 
 where `H` is the `HEAD` commit, `I` is a commit that records the state
 of the index, and `W` is a commit that records the state of the working