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diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 1afd0c69ed..b8e3fa6759 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ git-add - Add file contents to the index
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-add' [-n] [-v] [-f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p] [-u] [--refresh]
- [--ignore-errors] [--] <filepattern>...
+'git-add' [-n] [-v] [--force | -f] [--interactive | -i] [--patch | -p]
+ [--update | -u] [--refresh] [--ignore-errors] [--]
+ <filepattern>...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -50,27 +51,33 @@ OPTIONS
and `dir/file2`) can be given to add all files in the
directory, recursively.
--n, \--dry-run::
+-n::
+--dry-run::
Don't actually add the file(s), just show if they exist.
--v, \--verbose::
+-v::
+--verbose::
Be verbose.
-f::
+--force::
Allow adding otherwise ignored files.
--i, \--interactive::
+-i::
+--interactive::
Add modified contents in the working tree interactively to
the index. Optional path arguments may be supplied to limit
operation to a subset of the working tree. See ``Interactive
mode'' for details.
--p, \--patch::
+-p::
+--patch::
Similar to Interactive mode but the initial command loop is
bypassed and the 'patch' subcommand is invoked using each of
the specified filepatterns before exiting.
-u::
+--update::
Update only files that git already knows about, staging modified
content for commit and marking deleted files for removal. This
is similar
@@ -79,11 +86,11 @@ OPTIONS
command line. If no paths are specified, all tracked files in the
current directory and its subdirectories are updated.
-\--refresh::
+--refresh::
Don't add the file(s), but only refresh their stat()
information in the index.
-\--ignore-errors::
+--ignore-errors::
If some files could not be added because of errors indexing
them, do not abort the operation, but continue adding the
others. The command shall still exit with non-zero status.
@@ -100,7 +107,7 @@ Configuration
The optional configuration variable 'core.excludesfile' indicates a path to a
file containing patterns of file names to exclude from git-add, similar to
$GIT_DIR/info/exclude. Patterns in the exclude file are used in addition to
-those in info/exclude. See link:repository-layout.html[repository layout].
+those in info/exclude. See linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5][repository layout].
EXAMPLES
@@ -265,4 +272,4 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
GIT
---
-Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite