diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
index c44724d03a..ee506e67f0 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ git-grep - Print lines matching a pattern
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git grep' [--cached]
-	   [-a | --text] [-I] [-i | --ignore-case] [-w | --word-regexp]
+'git grep' [-a | --text] [-I] [-i | --ignore-case] [-w | --word-regexp]
 	   [-v | --invert-match] [-h|-H] [--full-name]
 	   [-E | --extended-regexp] [-G | --basic-regexp]
 	   [-F | --fixed-strings] [-n]
@@ -21,7 +20,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
 	   [--color | --no-color]
 	   [-A <post-context>] [-B <pre-context>] [-C <context>]
 	   [-f <file>] [-e] <pattern>
-	   [--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e <pattern>...] [<tree>...]
+	   [--and|--or|--not|(|)|-e <pattern>...]
+	   [--cached | --no-index | <tree>...]
 	   [--] [<pathspec>...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -33,8 +33,11 @@ registered in the index file, or blobs in given tree objects.
 OPTIONS
 -------
 --cached::
-	Instead of searching in the working tree files, check
-	the blobs registered in the index file.
+	Instead of searching tracked files in the working tree, search
+	blobs registered in the index file.
+
+--no-index::
+	Search files in the current directory, not just those tracked by git.
 
 -a::
 --text::
@@ -98,8 +101,8 @@ OPTIONS
 --files-without-match::
 	Instead of showing every matched line, show only the
 	names of files that contain (or do not contain) matches.
-	For better compatibility with 'git diff', --name-only is a
-	synonym for --files-with-matches.
+	For better compatibility with 'git diff', `--name-only` is a
+	synonym for `--files-with-matches`.
 
 -z::
 --null::
@@ -125,7 +128,7 @@ OPTIONS
 	matches.
 
 -<num>::
-	A shortcut for specifying -C<num>.
+	A shortcut for specifying `-C<num>`.
 
 -p::
 --show-function::
@@ -140,7 +143,7 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -e::
 	The next parameter is the pattern. This option has to be
-	used for patterns starting with - and should be used in
+	used for patterns starting with `-` and should be used in
 	scripts passing user input to grep.  Multiple patterns are
 	combined by 'or'.
 
@@ -163,8 +166,9 @@ OPTIONS
 	Do not output matched lines; instead, exit with status 0 when
 	there is a match and with non-zero status when there isn't.
 
-`<tree>...`::
-	Search blobs in the trees for specified patterns.
+<tree>...::
+	Instead of searching tracked files in the working tree, search
+	blobs in the given trees.
 
 \--::
 	Signals the end of options; the rest of the parameters
@@ -174,8 +178,8 @@ OPTIONS
 	If given, limit the search to paths matching at least one pattern.
 	Both leading paths match and glob(7) patterns are supported.
 
-Example
--------
+Examples
+--------
 
 git grep 'time_t' -- '*.[ch]'::
 	Looks for `time_t` in all tracked .c and .h files in the working