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diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
index a66e95b70c36..67275fd187f0 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt
@@ -44,9 +44,8 @@ submodule.<name>.update::
 	submodule init` to initialize the configuration variable of
 	the same name. Allowed values here are 'checkout', 'rebase',
 	'merge' or 'none'. See description of 'update' command in
-	linkgit:git-submodule[1] for their meaning. Note that the
-	'!command' form is intentionally ignored here for security
-	reasons.
+	linkgit:git-submodule[1] for their meaning. For security
+	reasons, the '!command' form is not accepted here.
 
 submodule.<name>.branch::
 	A remote branch name for tracking updates in the upstream submodule.
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ submodule.<name>.ignore::
 	    Committed differences and modifications to tracked files will show
 	    up.
 
-	none;; No modifiations to submodules are ignored, all of committed
+	none;; No modifications to submodules are ignored, all of committed
 	    differences, and modifications to tracked and untracked files are
 	    shown. This is the default option.
 
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ of the superproject, the setting there will override the one found in
 .gitmodules.
 
 Both settings can be overridden on the command line by using the
-"--ignore-submodule" option. The 'git submodule' commands are not
+"--ignore-submodules" option. The 'git submodule' commands are not
 affected by this setting.
 --
 
@@ -105,14 +104,15 @@ EXAMPLES
 
 Consider the following .gitmodules file:
 
-	[submodule "libfoo"]
-		path = include/foo
-		url = git://foo.com/git/lib.git
-
-	[submodule "libbar"]
-		path = include/bar
-		url = git://bar.com/git/lib.git
+----
+[submodule "libfoo"]
+	path = include/foo
+	url = git://foo.com/git/lib.git
 
+[submodule "libbar"]
+	path = include/bar
+	url = git://bar.com/git/lib.git
+----
 
 This defines two submodules, `libfoo` and `libbar`. These are expected to
 be checked out in the paths `include/foo` and `include/bar`, and for both
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ submodules a URL is specified which can be used for cloning the submodules.
 
 SEE ALSO
 --------
-linkgit:git-submodule[1] linkgit:git-config[1]
+linkgit:git-submodule[1], linkgit:gitsubmodules[7], linkgit:git-config[1]
 
 GIT
 ---