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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 83f58ae5..790b87b2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ git-clone - Clones a repository.
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-clone' [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [-u <upload-pack>] <repository> [<directory>]
+[verse]
+'git-clone' [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>]
+	  <repository> [<directory>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -56,6 +58,13 @@ OPTIONS
 -n::
 	No checkout of HEAD is performed after the clone is complete.
 
+-o <name>::
+	Instead of using the branch name 'origin' to keep track
+	of the upstream repository, use <name> instead.  Note
+	that the shorthand name stored in `remotes/origin` is
+	not affected, but the local branch name to pull the
+	remote `master` branch into is.
+
 --upload-pack <upload-pack>::
 -u <upload-pack>::
 	When given, and the repository to clone from is handled
@@ -74,10 +83,31 @@ OPTIONS
 	for "host.xz:foo/.git").  Cloning into an existing directory
 	is not allowed.
 
+Examples
+~~~~~~~~
+
+Clone from upstream::
++
+------------
+$ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/.../linux-2.6 my2.6
+$ cd my2.6
+$ make
+------------
+
+
+Make a local clone that borrows from the current directory, without checking things out::
++
+------------
+$ git clone -l -s -n . ../copy
+$ cd copy
+$ git show-branch
+------------
+
 Author
 ------
 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
 
+
 Documentation
 --------------
 Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.