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diff --git a/contrib/git-svn/git-svn.txt b/contrib/git-svn/git-svn.txt
index cf098d73..b2907399 100644
--- a/contrib/git-svn/git-svn.txt
+++ b/contrib/git-svn/git-svn.txt
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ fetch::
 	Fetch unfetched revisions from the SVN_URL we are tracking.
 	refs/heads/git-svn-HEAD will be updated to the latest revision.
 
+	Note: You should never attempt to modify the git-svn-HEAD branch
+	outside of git-svn.  Instead, create a branch from git-svn-HEAD
+	and work on that branch.  Use the 'commit' command (see below)
+	to write git commits back to git-svn-HEAD.
+
 commit::
 	Commit specified commit or tree objects to SVN.  This relies on
 	your imported fetch data being up-to-date.  This makes
@@ -61,6 +66,11 @@ rebuild::
 	the directory/repository you're tracking has moved or changed
 	protocols.
 
+show-ignore::
+	Recursively finds and lists the svn:ignore property on
+	directories.  The output is suitable for appending to
+	the $GIT_DIR/info/exclude file.
+
 OPTIONS
 -------
 -r <ARG>::
@@ -149,9 +159,11 @@ Tracking and contributing to an Subversion managed-project:
 # Commit only the git commits you want to SVN::
 	git-svn commit <tree-ish> [<tree-ish_2> ...]
 # Commit all the git commits from my-branch that don't exist in SVN::
-	git commit git-svn-HEAD..my-branch
+	git-svn commit git-svn-HEAD..my-branch
 # Something is committed to SVN, pull the latest into your branch::
 	git-svn fetch && git pull . git-svn-HEAD
+# Append svn:ignore settings to the default git exclude file:
+	git-svn show-ignore >> .git/info/exclude
 
 DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
 -----------------
@@ -172,7 +184,9 @@ SVN repositories via one git repository.  Simply set the GIT_SVN_ID
 environment variable to a name other other than "git-svn" (the default)
 and git-svn will ignore the contents of the $GIT_DIR/git-svn directory
 and instead do all of its work in $GIT_DIR/$GIT_SVN_ID for that
-invocation.
+invocation.  The interface branch will be $GIT_SVN_ID-HEAD, instead of
+git-svn-HEAD.  Any $GIT_SVN_ID-HEAD branch should never be modified
+by the user outside of git-svn commands.
 
 ADDITIONAL FETCH ARGUMENTS
 --------------------------