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diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
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@@ -4,11 +4,18 @@
 	option old data in `.git/FETCH_HEAD` will be overwritten.
 
 -f, \--force::
+	When `git-fetch` is used with `<rbranch>:<lbranch>`
+	refspec, it refuses to update the local branch
+	`<lbranch>` unless the remote branch `<rbranch>` it
+	fetches is a descendant of `<lbranch>`.  This option
+	overrides that check.
 
 -t, \--tags::
 	By default, the git core utilities will not fetch and store
 	tags under the same name as the remote repository;  ask it
-	to do so using `--tags`.
+	to do so using `--tags`.  Using this option will bound the
+	list of objects pulled to the remote tags.  Commits in branches
+	beyond the tags will be ignored.
 
 -u, \--update-head-ok::
 	By default `git-fetch` refuses to update the head which