diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt
index c3e4f12c44..c66c565bbe 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-am.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 	 [--whitespace=<option>] [-C<n>] [-p<n>] [--directory=<dir>]
 	 [--reject] [-q | --quiet] [--scissors | --no-scissors]
 	 [<mbox> | <Maildir>...]
-'git am' (--skip | --resolved | --abort)
+'git am' (--continue | --skip | --abort)
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ default.   You can use `--no-utf8` to override this.
 	Skip the current patch.  This is only meaningful when
 	restarting an aborted patch.
 
+--continue::
 -r::
 --resolved::
 	After a patch failure (e.g. attempting to apply
diff --git a/git-am.sh b/git-am.sh
index c8b9cbb101..3c08d53161 100755
--- a/git-am.sh
+++ b/git-am.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ p=              pass it through git-apply
 patch-format=   format the patch(es) are in
 reject          pass it through git-apply
 resolvemsg=     override error message when patch failure occurs
-r,resolved      to be used after a patch failure
+continue        continue applying patches after resolving a conflict
+r,resolved      synonyms for --continue
 skip            skip the current patch
 abort           restore the original branch and abort the patching operation.
 committer-date-is-author-date    lie about committer date
@@ -318,7 +319,7 @@ do
 		scissors=t ;;
 	--no-scissors)
 		scissors=f ;;
-	-r|--resolved)
+	-r|--resolved|--continue)
 		resolved=t ;;
 	--skip)
 		skip=t ;;