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diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
index ff4022c15..19082b04e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
@@ -44,11 +44,14 @@ OPTIONS
 	not contain the old commit).
 
 --max-pack-size=<n>::
-	Maximum size of each output packfile, expressed in MiB.
-	The default is 4096 (4 GiB) as that is the maximum allowed
-	packfile size (due to file format limitations). Some
-	importers may wish to lower this, such as to ensure the
-	resulting packfiles fit on CDs.
+	Maximum size of each output packfile.
+	The default is unlimited.
+
+--big-file-threshold=<n>::
+	Maximum size of a blob that fast-import will attempt to
+	create a delta for, expressed in bytes.  The default is 512m
+	(512 MiB).  Some importers may wish to lower this on systems
+	with constrained memory.
 
 --depth=<n>::
 	Maximum delta depth, for blob and tree deltification.
@@ -152,7 +155,7 @@ fast-forward update, fast-import will skip updating that ref and instead
 prints a warning message.  fast-import will always attempt to update all
 branch refs, and does not stop on the first failure.
 
-Branch updates can be forced with \--force, but its recommended that
+Branch updates can be forced with \--force, but it's recommended that
 this only be used on an otherwise quiet repository.  Using \--force
 is not necessary for an initial import into an empty repository.
 
@@ -267,7 +270,7 @@ is always copied into the identity string at the time it is being
 created by fast-import.  There is no way to specify a different time or
 timezone.
 +
-This particular format is supplied as its short to implement and
+This particular format is supplied as it's short to implement and
 may be useful to a process that wants to create a new commit
 right now, without needing to use a working directory or
 'git update-index'.
@@ -420,7 +423,7 @@ quoting or escaping syntax is supported within `<committish>`.
 Here `<committish>` is any of the following:
 
 * The name of an existing branch already in fast-import's internal branch
-  table.  If fast-import doesn't know the name, its treated as a SHA-1
+  table.  If fast-import doesn't know the name, it's treated as a SHA-1
   expression.
 
 * A mark reference, `:<idnum>`, where `<idnum>` is the mark number.
@@ -759,7 +762,7 @@ assigned mark.
 
 The mark command is optional here as some frontends have chosen
 to generate the Git SHA-1 for the blob on their own, and feed that
-directly to `commit`.  This is typically more work than its worth
+directly to `commit`.  This is typically more work than it's worth
 however, as marks are inexpensive to store and easy to use.
 
 `data`