diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 0e25b2c92b..0f27af5760 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -1398,7 +1398,8 @@ fetch.unpackLimit::
 
 fetch.prune::
 	If true, fetch will automatically behave as if the `--prune`
-	option was given on the command line.  See also `remote.<name>.prune`.
+	option was given on the command line.  See also `remote.<name>.prune`
+	and the PRUNING section of linkgit:git-fetch[1].
 
 fetch.output::
 	Control how ref update status is printed. Valid values are
@@ -2944,6 +2945,9 @@ remote.<name>.prune::
 	remove any remote-tracking references that no longer exist on the
 	remote (as if the `--prune` option was given on the command line).
 	Overrides `fetch.prune` settings, if any.
++
+See also `remote.<name>.prune` and the PRUNING section of
+linkgit:git-fetch[1].
 
 remotes.<group>::
 	The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update
diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
index fb6bebbc61..9f5c85ad96 100644
--- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ ifndef::git-pull[]
 	line or in the remote configuration, for example if the remote
 	was cloned with the --mirror option), then they are also
 	subject to pruning.
++
+See the PRUNING section below for more details.
+
 endif::git-pull[]
 
 ifndef::git-pull[]