diff --git a/Documentation/git-push.txt b/Documentation/git-push.txt
index 3321966c6b..8bfa7cb7e5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-push.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-push.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ OPTIONS
 -------
 <repository>::
 	The "remote" repository that is destination of a push
-	operation.  See the section <<URLS,GIT URLS>> below.
+	operation.  This parameter can be either a URL
+	(see the section <<URLS,GIT URLS>> below) or the name
+	of a remote (see the section <<REMOTES,REMOTES>> below).
 
 <refspec>...::
 	The canonical format of a <refspec> parameter is