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diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
index 7ac6c7d8..591f4ed4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 git-ls-files(1)
 ===============
-v0.1, May 2005
 
 NAME
 ----
@@ -10,8 +9,8 @@ git-ls-files - Information about files in the cache/working directory
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 'git-ls-files' [-z] [-t]
-		(--[cached|deleted|others|ignored|stage|unmerged|killed])\*
-		(-[c|d|o|i|s|u|k])\*
+		(--[cached|deleted|others|ignored|stage|unmerged|killed|modified])\*
+		(-[c|d|o|i|s|u|k|m])\*
 		[-x <pattern>|--exclude=<pattern>]
 		[-X <file>|--exclude-from=<file>]
 		[--exclude-per-directory=<file>]
@@ -33,6 +32,9 @@ OPTIONS
 -d|--deleted::
 	Show deleted files in the output
 
+-m|--modified::
+	Show modified files in the output
+
 -o|--others::
 	Show other files in the output
 
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ OPTIONS
 	H	cached
 	M	unmerged
 	R	removed/deleted
+	C	modifed/changed
 	K	to be killed
 	?	other
 
@@ -87,8 +90,8 @@ detailed information on unmerged paths.
 For an unmerged path, instead of recording a single mode/SHA1 pair,
 the dircache records up to three such pairs; one from tree O in stage
 1, A in stage 2, and B in stage 3.  This information can be used by
-the user (or Cogito) to see what should eventually be recorded at the
-path. (see read-cache for more information on state)
+the user (or the porcelain) to see what should eventually be recorded at the
+path. (see git-read-tree for more information on state)
 
 
 Exclude Patterns
@@ -115,14 +118,14 @@ An exclude pattern file used by (2) and (3) contains one pattern
 per line.  A line that starts with a '#' can be used as comment
 for readability.
 
-The list of patterns that is in effect at a given time is
-built and ordered in the following way:
+There are three lists of patterns that are in effect at a given
+time.  They are built and ordered in the following way:
+
+ * --exclude=<pattern> from the command line; patterns are
+   ordered in the same order as they appear on the command line.
 
- * --exclude=<pattern> and lines read from --exclude-from=<file>
-   come at the beginning of the list of patterns, in the order
-   given on the command line.  Patterns that come from the file
-   specified with --exclude-from are ordered in the same order
-   as they appear in the file.
+ * lines read from --exclude-from=<file>; patterns are ordered
+   in the same order as they appear in the file.
 
  * When --exclude-per-directory=<name> is specified, upon
    entering a directory that has such a file, its contents are
@@ -130,11 +133,12 @@ built and ordered in the following way:
    are popped off when leaving the directory.
 
 Each pattern in the pattern list specifies "a match pattern" and
-optionally the fate --- either a file that matches the pattern
-is considered excluded or included.  By default, this being
-"exclude" mechanism, the fate is "excluded".  A filename is
-examined against the patterns in the list, and the first match
-determines its fate.
+optionally the fate; either a file that matches the pattern is
+considered excluded or included.  A filename is matched against
+the patterns in the three lists; the --exclude-from list is
+checked first, then the --exclude-per-directory list, and then
+finally the --exclude list. The last match determines its fate.
+If there is no match in the three lists, the fate is "included".
 
 A pattern specified on the command line with --exclude or read
 from the file specified with --exclude-from is relative to the
@@ -168,9 +172,9 @@ An example:
     *.[oa]
     $ cat Documentation/.gitignore
     # ignore generated html files,
+    *.html
     # except foo.html which is maintained by hand
     !foo.html
-    *.html
     $ git-ls-files --ignored \
         --exclude='Documentation/*.[0-9]' \
         --exclude-from=.git/ignore \
@@ -179,7 +183,7 @@ An example:
 
 See Also
 --------
-link:read-cache.html[read-cache]
+gitlink:git-read-tree[1]
 
 
 Author
@@ -192,5 +196,5 @@ Documentation by David Greaves, Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the link:git.html[git] suite
+Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite