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-rw-r--r--Documentation/gitmodules.txt3
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diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
index 5daf750d1..72a13d18e 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ submodule.<name>.path::
submodule.<name>.url::
Defines an url from where the submodule repository can be cloned.
+ This may be either an absolute URL ready to be passed to
+ linkgit:git-clone[1] or (if it begins with ./ or ../) a location
+ relative to the superproject's origin repository.
submodule.<name>.update::
Defines what to do when the submodule is updated by the superproject.