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diff --git a/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt b/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt
index 3069464..33fcde4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-repo-config.txt
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ git-repo-config - Get and set options in .git/config.
SYNOPSIS
--------
-'git-repo-config' name [value [value_regex]]
-'git-repo-config' --replace-all name [value [value_regex]]
-'git-repo-config' --get name [value_regex]
-'git-repo-config' --get-all name [value_regex]
-'git-repo-config' --unset name [value_regex]
-'git-repo-config' --unset-all name [value_regex]
+'git-repo-config' [type] name [value [value_regex]]
+'git-repo-config' [type] --replace-all name [value [value_regex]]
+'git-repo-config' [type] --get name [value_regex]
+'git-repo-config' [type] --get-all name [value_regex]
+'git-repo-config' [type] --unset name [value_regex]
+'git-repo-config' [type] --unset-all name [value_regex]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ should provide a POSIX regex for the value. If you want to handle the lines
*not* matching the regex, just prepend a single exclamation mark in front
(see EXAMPLES).
+The type specifier can be either '--int' or '--bool', which will make
+'git-repo-config' ensure that the variable(s) are of the given type and
+convert the value to the canonical form (simple decimal number for int,
+a "true" or "false" string for bool). If no type specifier is passed,
+no checks or transformations are performed on the value.
+
This command will fail if
. .git/config is invalid,