diff --git a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt
index 7dc2df3044..4deabc376c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-http-fetch.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ commit-id::
 
 		<commit-id>['\t'<filename-as-in--w>]
 
+--recover::
+	Verify that everything reachable from target is fetched.  Used after
+	an earlier fetch is interrupted.
+
 Author
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 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>