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-rw-r--r--Documentation/config/status.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-commit.txt2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/git-status.txt2
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diff --git a/Documentation/config/status.txt b/Documentation/config/status.txt
index 2ff8237f8f..8caf90f51c 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/status.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ status.showUntrackedFiles::
--
+
If this variable is not specified, it defaults to 'normal'.
+All usual spellings for Boolean value `true` are taken as `normal`
+and `false` as `no`.
This variable can be overridden with the -u|--untracked-files option
of linkgit:git-status[1] and linkgit:git-commit[1].
diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit.txt b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
index a6cef5d820..89ecfc63a8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit.txt
@@ -347,6 +347,8 @@ The possible options are:
- 'normal' - Shows untracked files and directories
- 'all' - Also shows individual files in untracked directories.
+All usual spellings for Boolean value `true` are taken as `normal`
+and `false` as `no`.
The default can be changed using the status.showUntrackedFiles
configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1].
--
diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt
index 4dbb88373b..1561319eb2 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ Consider enabling untracked cache and split index if supported (see
`git update-index --untracked-cache` and `git update-index
--split-index`), Otherwise you can use `no` to have `git status`
return more quickly without showing untracked files.
+All usual spellings for Boolean value `true` are taken as `normal`
+and `false` as `no`.
The default can be changed using the status.showUntrackedFiles
configuration variable documented in linkgit:git-config[1].