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diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index fefd2985..8410a6d3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ git-clone - Clones a repository.
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-'git-clone' [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [-u <upload-pack>] <repository> <directory>
+'git-clone' [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [-u <upload-pack>] <repository> [<directory>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -68,17 +68,40 @@ OPTIONS
 	be any URL git-fetch supports.
 
 <directory>::
-	The name of a new directory to be cloned into.  It is an
-	error to specify an existing directory.
-
+	The name of a new directory to clone into.  The	"humanish"
+	part of the source repository is used if no directory is
+	explicitly given ("repo" for "/path/to/repo.git" and "foo"
+	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.
+Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 
 
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