diff --git a/Documentation/diff-options.txt b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
index 2b37193a37..18366b1be6 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-options.txt
@@ -85,10 +85,21 @@ ifndef::git-format-patch[]
 endif::git-format-patch[]
 
 ifndef::git-format-patch[]
+
 -z::
-	NUL-line termination on output.  This affects the `--raw`
-	output field terminator.  Also output from commands such
-	as `git-log` will be delimited with NUL between commits.
+ifndef::git-log[]
+	When `--raw` or `--numstat` has been given, do not munge
+	pathnames and use NULs as output field terminators.
++
+Without this option, each pathname output will have TAB, LF, double quotes,
+and backslash characters replaced with `\t`, `\n`, `\"`, and `\\`,
+respectively, and the pathname will be enclosed in double quotes if
+any of those replacements occurred.
+endif::git-log[]
+
+ifdef::git-log[]
+	Separate the commits with NULs instead of with new newlines.
+endif::git-log[]
 
 --name-only::
 	Show only names of changed files.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
index 5ee8c91f2d..0156ca9112 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
@@ -87,11 +87,13 @@ the information is read from the current index instead.
 	rejected hunks in corresponding *.rej files.
 
 -z::
-	When showing the index information, do not munge paths,
-	but use NUL terminated machine readable format.  Without
-	this flag, the pathnames output will have TAB, LF, and
-	backslash characters replaced with `\t`, `\n`, and `\\`,
-	respectively.
+	When `--numstat` has been given, do not munge pathnames,
+	but use a NUL-terminated machine-readable format.
++
+Without this option, each pathname output will have TAB, LF, double quotes,
+and backslash characters replaced with `\t`, `\n`, `\"`, and `\\`,
+respectively, and the pathname will be enclosed in double quotes if
+any of those replacements occurred.
 
 -p<n>::
 	Remove <n> leading slashes from traditional diff paths. The