diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index b14de6c407..2c63a0fbae 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -72,8 +72,16 @@ These objects may be removed by normal git operations (such as 'git-commit')
 which automatically call `git gc --auto`. (See linkgit:git-gc[1].)
 If these objects are removed and were referenced by the cloned repository,
 then the cloned repository will become corrupt.
-
-
++
+Note that running `git repack` without the `-l` option in a repository
+cloned with `-s` will copy objects from the source repository into a pack
+in the cloned repository, removing the disk space savings of `clone -s`.
+It is safe, however, to run `git gc`, which uses the `-l` option by
+default.
++
+If you want to break the dependency of a repository cloned with `-s` on
+its source repository, you can simply run `git repack -a` to copy all
+objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository.
 
 --reference <repository>::
 	If the reference repository is on the local machine
diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
index ab527b5b31..32ea8564a5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
@@ -305,6 +305,16 @@ range in addition to the new branch name.  The new branch name will
 point to the top-most revision that a 'git-rev-list' of this range
 will print.
 
+If you need to add 'Acked-by' lines to, say, the last 10 commits (none
+of which is a merge), use this command:
+
+--------------------------------------------------------
+git filter-branch --msg-filter '
+	cat &&
+	echo "Acked-by: Bugs Bunny <bunny@bugzilla.org>"
+' HEAD~10..HEAD
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
 *NOTE* the changes introduced by the commits, and which are not reverted
 by subsequent commits, will still be in the rewritten branch. If you want
 to throw out _changes_ together with the commits, you should use the
diff --git a/git-filter-branch.sh b/git-filter-branch.sh
index 37e044db40..a480d6fc70 100755
--- a/git-filter-branch.sh
+++ b/git-filter-branch.sh
@@ -97,12 +97,12 @@ set_ident () {
 	echo "case \"\$GIT_${uid}_NAME\" in \"\") GIT_${uid}_NAME=\"\${GIT_${uid}_EMAIL%%@*}\" && export GIT_${uid}_NAME;; esac"
 }
 
-USAGE="[--env-filter <command>] [--tree-filter <command>] \
-[--index-filter <command>] [--parent-filter <command>] \
-[--msg-filter <command>] [--commit-filter <command>] \
-[--tag-name-filter <command>] [--subdirectory-filter <directory>] \
-[--original <namespace>] [-d <directory>] [-f | --force] \
-[<rev-list options>...]"
+USAGE="[--env-filter <command>] [--tree-filter <command>]
+            [--index-filter <command>] [--parent-filter <command>]
+            [--msg-filter <command>] [--commit-filter <command>]
+            [--tag-name-filter <command>] [--subdirectory-filter <directory>]
+            [--original <namespace>] [-d <directory>] [-f | --force]
+            [<rev-list options>...]"
 
 OPTIONS_SPEC=
 . git-sh-setup