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diff --git a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
index 0d90d5b154..3000888a90 100644
--- a/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rev-list-options.txt
@@ -195,10 +195,11 @@ respectively, and they must begin with `refs/` when applied to `--glob`
or `--all`. If a trailing '/{asterisk}' is intended, it must be given
explicitly.
---exclude-hidden=[receive|uploadpack]::
- Do not include refs that would be hidden by `git-receive-pack` or
- `git-upload-pack` by consulting the appropriate `receive.hideRefs` or
- `uploadpack.hideRefs` configuration along with `transfer.hideRefs` (see
+--exclude-hidden=[fetch|receive|uploadpack]::
+ Do not include refs that would be hidden by `git-fetch`,
+ `git-receive-pack` or `git-upload-pack` by consulting the appropriate
+ `fetch.hideRefs`, `receive.hideRefs` or `uploadpack.hideRefs`
+ configuration along with `transfer.hideRefs` (see
linkgit:git-config[1]). This option affects the next pseudo-ref option
`--all` or `--glob` and is cleared after processing them.
@@ -889,7 +890,7 @@ ifdef::git-rev-list[]
Print the object IDs of any object referenced by the listed
commits. `--objects foo ^bar` thus means ``send me
all object IDs which I need to download if I have the commit
- object _bar_ but not _foo_''.
+ object _bar_ but not _foo_''. See also `--object-names` below.
--in-commit-order::
Print tree and blob ids in order of the commits. The tree
@@ -919,7 +920,12 @@ ifdef::git-rev-list[]
--object-names::
Only useful with `--objects`; print the names of the object IDs
- that are found. This is the default behavior.
+ that are found. This is the default behavior. Note that the
+ "name" of each object is ambiguous, and mostly intended as a
+ hint for packing objects. In particular: no distinction is made between
+ the names of tags, trees, and blobs; path names may be modified
+ to remove newlines; and if an object would appear multiple times
+ with different names, only one name is shown.
--no-object-names::
Only useful with `--objects`; does not print the names of the object