diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 9a0544cf1f..e70216dfe6 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -962,12 +962,6 @@ difftool.<tool>.cmd::
 difftool.prompt::
 	Prompt before each invocation of the diff tool.
 
-diff.wordRegex::
-	A POSIX Extended Regular Expression used to determine what is a "word"
-	when performing word-by-word difference calculations.  Character
-	sequences that match the regular expression are "words", all other
-	characters are *ignorable* whitespace.
-
 fetch.recurseSubmodules::
 	This option can be either set to a boolean value or to 'on-demand'.
 	Setting it to a boolean changes the behavior of fetch and pull to
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-config.txt b/Documentation/diff-config.txt
index 75ab8a51ca..decd3701eb 100644
--- a/Documentation/diff-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/diff-config.txt
@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ diff.suppressBlankEmpty::
 	A boolean to inhibit the standard behavior of printing a space
 	before each empty output line. Defaults to false.
 
+diff.wordRegex::
+	A POSIX Extended Regular Expression used to determine what is a "word"
+	when performing word-by-word difference calculations.  Character
+	sequences that match the regular expression are "words", all other
+	characters are *ignorable* whitespace.
+
 diff.<driver>.command::
 	The custom diff driver command.  See linkgit:gitattributes[5]
 	for details.