diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index cce89ea50c..585d55d03d 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -365,12 +365,7 @@ include::config/interactive.txt[]
 
 include::config/log.txt[]
 
-mailinfo.scissors::
-	If true, makes linkgit:git-mailinfo[1] (and therefore
-	linkgit:git-am[1]) act by default as if the --scissors option
-	was provided on the command-line. When active, this features
-	removes everything from the message body before a scissors
-	line (i.e. consisting mainly of ">8", "8<" and "-").
+include::config/mailinfo.txt[]
 
 mailmap.file::
 	The location of an augmenting mailmap file. The default
diff --git a/Documentation/config/mailinfo.txt b/Documentation/config/mailinfo.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3854d4ae37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/config/mailinfo.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+mailinfo.scissors::
+	If true, makes linkgit:git-mailinfo[1] (and therefore
+	linkgit:git-am[1]) act by default as if the --scissors option
+	was provided on the command-line. When active, this features
+	removes everything from the message body before a scissors
+	line (i.e. consisting mainly of ">8", "8<" and "-").