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diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index 8eef86e4..5c85167f 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,19 @@
 --name-status::
 	Show only names and status of changed files.
 
+--full-index::
+	Instead of the first handful characters, show full
+	object name of pre- and post-image blob on the "index"
+	line when generating a patch format output.	
+
+--abbrev[=<n>]::
+	Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
+	name in diff-raw format output and diff-tree header
+	lines, show only handful hexdigits prefix.  This is
+	independent of --full-index option above, which controls
+	the diff-patch output format.  Non default number of
+	digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>.
+
 -B::
 	Break complete rewrite changes into pairs of delete and create.