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diff --git a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt
index febc8c81..99f96f7d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-init-db.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-init-db.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ DESCRIPTION
 This simply creates an empty git object database - basically a `.git`
 directory and `.git/object/??/` directories.
 
+If the 'GIT_DIR' environment variable is set then it specifies a path
+to use instead of `./.git` for the base of the repository.
+
 If the object storage directory is specified via the 'GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY'
 environment variable then the sha1 directories are created underneath -
 otherwise the default `.git/objects` directory is used.