diff --git a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
index aee7e4a8c9..c3a066e60c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ ssh, rsync, http) cannot be used.  This command provides support for
 'git-fetch' and 'git-pull' to operate by packaging objects and references
 in an archive at the originating machine, then importing those into
 another repository using 'git-fetch' and 'git-pull'
-after moving the archive by some means (i.e., by sneakernet).  As no
+after moving the archive by some means (e.g., by sneakernet).  As no
 direct connection between the repositories exists, the user must specify a
 basis for the bundle that is held by the destination repository: the
 bundle assumes that all objects in the basis are already in the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 7e7d9fcf50..7ccd742a87 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 [verse]
 'git clone' [--template=<template_directory>]
 	  [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [--mirror]
-	  [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
+	  [-o <name>] [-b <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
 	  [--depth <depth>] [--recursive] [--] <repository> [<directory>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
diff --git a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
index e237394397..f762dca440 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ $ git tag -s <tagname>
 ----------------
 
 which will sign the current `HEAD` (but you can also give it another
-argument that specifies the thing to tag, i.e., you could have tagged the
+argument that specifies the thing to tag, e.g., you could have tagged the
 current `mybranch` point by using `git tag <tagname> mybranch`).
 
 You normally only do signed tags for major releases or things
diff --git a/builtin-help.c b/builtin-help.c
index ca08519d9d..09ad4b04f9 100644
--- a/builtin-help.c
+++ b/builtin-help.c
@@ -427,9 +427,6 @@ int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
-	git_config(git_help_config, NULL);
-
 	if (!argv[0]) {
 		printf("usage: %s\n\n", git_usage_string);
 		list_common_cmds_help();
@@ -437,6 +434,9 @@ int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
+	git_config(git_help_config, NULL);
+
 	alias = alias_lookup(argv[0]);
 	if (alias && !is_git_command(argv[0])) {
 		printf("`git %s' is aliased to `%s'\n", argv[0], alias);