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diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt
index 2d4bbfcaf..2fd054c10 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ OPTIONS
 --short::
 	Give the output in the short-format.
 
+-b::
+--branch::
+	Show the branch and tracking info even in short-format.
+
 --porcelain::
 	Give the output in a stable, easy-to-parse format for scripts.
 	Currently this is identical to --short output, but is guaranteed
@@ -49,6 +53,17 @@ See linkgit:git-config[1] for configuration variable
 used to change the default for when the option is not
 specified.
 
+--ignore-submodules[=<when>]::
+	Ignore changes to submodules when looking for changes. <when> can be
+	either "untracked", "dirty" or "all", which is the default. When
+	"untracked" is used submodules are not considered dirty when they only
+	contain untracked content (but they are still scanned for modified
+	content). Using "dirty" ignores all changes to the work tree of submodules,
+	only changes to the commits stored in the superproject are shown (this was
+	the behavior before 1.7.0). Using "all" hides all changes to submodules
+	(and suppresses the output of submodule summaries when the config option
+	`status.submodulesummary` is set).
+
 -z::
 	Terminate entries with NUL, instead of LF.  This implies
 	the `--porcelain` output format if no other format is given.
@@ -120,6 +135,10 @@ Ignored files are not listed.
     ?           ?    untracked
     -------------------------------------------------
 
+If -b is used the short-format status is preceded by a line
+
+## branchname tracking info
+
 There is an alternate -z format recommended for machine parsing.  In
 that format, the status field is the same, but some other things
 change.  First, the '->' is omitted from rename entries and the field
@@ -128,7 +147,7 @@ order is reversed (e.g 'from -> to' becomes 'to from'). Second, a NUL
 and the terminating newline (but a space still separates the status
 field from the first filename).  Third, filenames containing special
 characters are not specially formatted; no quoting or
-backslash-escaping is performed.
+backslash-escaping is performed. Fourth, there is no branch line.
 
 CONFIGURATION
 -------------