diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index 9ae2508f3f..772ae2ac3f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ OPTIONS
 --get::
 	Get the value for a given key (optionally filtered by a regex
 	matching the value). Returns error code 1 if the key was not
-	found and error code 2 if multiple key values were found.
+	found and the last value if multiple key values were found.
 
 --get-all::
 	Like get, but does not fail if the number of values for the key