diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 4767860e72..c662f41c1d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 [verse]
 'git' [--version] [--help] [-C <path>] [-c <name>=<value>]
     [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path]
-    [-p|--paginate|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare]
+    [-p|--paginate|-P|--no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare]
     [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [--namespace=<name>]
     [--super-prefix=<path>]
     <command> [<args>]
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ foo.bar= ...`) sets `foo.bar` to the empty string which `git config
 	configuration options (see the "Configuration Mechanism" section
 	below).
 
+-P::
 --no-pager::
 	Do not pipe Git output into a pager.
 
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index bab6bbfded..5771d62a32 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ struct cmd_struct {
 const char git_usage_string[] =
 	N_("git [--version] [--help] [-C <path>] [-c <name>=<value>]\n"
 	   "           [--exec-path[=<path>]] [--html-path] [--man-path] [--info-path]\n"
-	   "           [-p | --paginate | --no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare]\n"
+	   "           [-p | --paginate | -P | --no-pager] [--no-replace-objects] [--bare]\n"
 	   "           [--git-dir=<path>] [--work-tree=<path>] [--namespace=<name>]\n"
 	   "           <command> [<args>]");
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static int handle_options(const char ***argv, int *argc, int *envchanged)
 			exit(0);
 		} else if (!strcmp(cmd, "-p") || !strcmp(cmd, "--paginate")) {
 			use_pager = 1;
-		} else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--no-pager")) {
+		} else if (!strcmp(cmd, "-P") || !strcmp(cmd, "--no-pager")) {
 			use_pager = 0;
 			if (envchanged)
 				*envchanged = 1;