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diff --git a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
index 8af22ecca..55668e345 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitattributes.txt
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ A `gitattributes` file is a simple text file that gives
 
 Each line in `gitattributes` file is of form:
 
-	glob	attr1 attr2 ...
+	pattern	attr1 attr2 ...
 
-That is, a glob pattern followed by an attributes list,
-separated by whitespaces.  When the glob pattern matches the
+That is, a pattern followed by an attributes list,
+separated by whitespaces.  When the pattern matches the
 path in question, the attributes listed on the line are given to
 the path.
 
@@ -48,13 +48,14 @@ Set to a value::
 
 Unspecified::
 
-	No glob pattern matches the path, and nothing says if
+	No pattern matches the path, and nothing says if
 	the path has or does not have the attribute, the
 	attribute for the path is said to be Unspecified.
 
-When more than one glob pattern matches the path, a later line
+When more than one pattern matches the path, a later line
 overrides an earlier line.  This overriding is done per
-attribute.
+attribute.  The rules how the pattern matches paths are the
+same as in `.gitignore` files; see linkgit:gitignore[5].
 
 When deciding what attributes are assigned to a path, git
 consults `$GIT_DIR/info/attributes` file (which has the highest
@@ -317,6 +318,8 @@ patterns are available:
 
 - `bibtex` suitable for files with BibTeX coded references.
 
+- `cpp` suitable for source code in the C and C++ languages.
+
 - `html` suitable for HTML/XHTML documents.
 
 - `java` suitable for source code in the Java language.
@@ -334,6 +337,25 @@ patterns are available:
 - `tex` suitable for source code for LaTeX documents.
 
 
+Customizing word diff
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+You can customize the rules that `git diff --color-words` uses to
+split words in a line, by specifying an appropriate regular expression
+in the "diff.*.wordRegex" configuration variable.  For example, in TeX
+a backslash followed by a sequence of letters forms a command, but
+several such commands can be run together without intervening
+whitespace.  To separate them, use a regular expression such as
+
+------------------------
+[diff "tex"]
+	wordRegex = "\\\\[a-zA-Z]+|[{}]|\\\\.|[^\\{}[:space:]]+"
+------------------------
+
+A built-in pattern is provided for all languages listed in the
+previous section.
+
+
 Performing text diffs of binary files
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^