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diff --git a/Documentation/hooks.txt b/Documentation/hooks.txt
index 57f47208..4ad1920e 100644
--- a/Documentation/hooks.txt
+++ b/Documentation/hooks.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-Hooks used by GIT
+Hooks used by git
 =================
-v0.99.6, Sep 2005
 
 Hooks are little scripts you can place in `$GIT_DIR/hooks`
 directory to trigger action at certain points.  When
@@ -112,6 +111,10 @@ Another use suggested on the mailing list is to use this hook to
 implement access control which is finer grained than the one
 based on filesystem group.
 
+The standard output of this hook is sent to /dev/null; if you
+want to report something to the git-send-pack on the other end,
+you can redirect your output to your stderr.
+
 post-update
 -----------
 
@@ -126,3 +129,7 @@ the outcome of `git-receive-pack`.
 The default post-update hook, when enabled, runs
 `git-update-server-info` to keep the information used by dumb
 transport up-to-date.
+
+The standard output of this hook is sent to /dev/null; if you
+want to report something to the git-send-pack on the other end,
+you can redirect your output to your stderr.