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diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
index 980c5c91..796d049b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-files.txt
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ SYNOPSIS
 		(-[c|d|o|i|s|u|k|m])\*
 		[-x <pattern>|--exclude=<pattern>]
 		[-X <file>|--exclude-from=<file>]
-		[--exclude-per-directory=<file>] 
+		[--exclude-per-directory=<file>]
 		[--error-unmatch]
-		[--full-name] [--] [<file>]\*
+		[--full-name] [--abbrev] [--] [<file>]\*
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ OPTIONS
 	option forces paths to be output relative to the project
 	top directory.
 
+--abbrev[=<n>]::
+	Instead of showing the full 40-byte hexadecimal object
+	lines, show only handful hexdigits prefix.
+	Non default number of digits can be specified with --abbrev=<n>.
+
 --::
 	Do not interpret any more arguments as options.