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diff --git a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
index 7f0904e29..335e973a6 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-submodule.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ git-submodule - Initialize, update or inspect submodules
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
+[verse]
 'git-submodule' [--quiet] [-b branch] add <repository> [<path>]
 'git-submodule' [--quiet] [--cached] [status|init|update] [--] [<path>...]
 
@@ -20,6 +21,9 @@ add::
 	repository is cloned at the specified path, added to the
 	changeset and registered in .gitmodules.   If no path is
 	specified, the path is deduced from the repository specification.
+	If the repository url begins with ./ or ../, it is stored as
+	given but resolved as a relative path from the main project's
+	url when cloning.
 
 status::
 	Show the status of the submodules. This will print the SHA-1 of the
@@ -32,8 +36,8 @@ status::
 
 init::
 	Initialize the submodules, i.e. register in .git/config each submodule
-	path and url found in .gitmodules. The key used in git/config is
-	`submodule.$path.url`. This command does not alter existing information
+	name and url found in .gitmodules. The key used in .git/config is
+	`submodule.$name.url`. This command does not alter existing information
 	in .git/config.
 
 update::
@@ -64,7 +68,7 @@ FILES
 When initializing submodules, a .gitmodules file in the top-level directory
 of the containing repository is used to find the url of each submodule.
 This file should be formatted in the same way as $GIR_DIR/config. The key
-to each submodule url is "module.$path.url".
+to each submodule url is "submodule.$name.url".
 
 
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