diff --git a/Documentation/git-apply.txt b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
index 11641a92e3..2e2acd72c7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-apply.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-apply.txt
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ OPTIONS
 	For atomicity, `git apply` fails the whole patch and
 	does not touch the working tree when some of the hunks
 	do not apply by default.  This option makes it apply
-	parts of the patch that are applicable, and send the
-	rejected hunks to the standard output of the command.
+	parts of the patch that are applicable, and leave the
+	rejected hunks in corresponding *.rej files.
 
 -z::
 	When showing the index information, do not munge paths,
diff --git a/builtin-apply.c b/builtin-apply.c
index a874375e78..0b00a98aa1 100644
--- a/builtin-apply.c
+++ b/builtin-apply.c
@@ -2557,7 +2557,7 @@ int cmd_apply(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (!strcmp(arg, "--reject")) {
-			apply = apply_with_reject = 1;
+			apply = apply_with_reject = apply_verbosely = 1;
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (!strcmp(arg, "--verbose")) {