diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index dbb2faf602..e37ba94a72 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1758,7 +1758,8 @@ push.default::
   +
   This is currently the default, but Git 2.0 will change the default
   to `simple`.
-* `upstream` - push the current branch to its upstream branch.
+* `upstream` - push the current branch to its upstream branch
+  (`tracking` is a deprecated synonym for this).
   With this, `git push` will update the same remote ref as the one which
   is merged by `git pull`, making `push` and `pull` symmetrical.
   See "branch.<name>.merge" for how to configure the upstream branch.