diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 37bcab94d5..8b0e4c7fa8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -193,15 +193,6 @@ for "git add --no-all <pathspec>...", i.e. ignored removed files.
 	for command-line options).
 
 
-CONFIGURATION
--------------
-
-The optional configuration variable `core.excludesFile` indicates a path to a
-file containing patterns of file names to exclude from git-add, similar to
-$GIT_DIR/info/exclude.  Patterns in the exclude file are used in addition to
-those in info/exclude.  See linkgit:gitignore[5].
-
-
 EXAMPLES
 --------
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-clean.txt b/Documentation/git-clean.txt
index 03056dad0d..db876f7dde 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt
@@ -55,14 +55,13 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -e <pattern>::
 --exclude=<pattern>::
-	In addition to those found in .gitignore (per directory) and
-	$GIT_DIR/info/exclude, also consider these patterns to be in the
-	set of the ignore rules in effect.
+	Use the given exclude pattern in addition to the standard ignore rules
+	(see linkgit:gitignore[5]).
 
 -x::
-	Don't use the standard ignore rules read from .gitignore (per
-	directory) and $GIT_DIR/info/exclude, but do still use the ignore
-	rules given with `-e` options.  This allows removing all untracked
+	Don't use the standard ignore rules (see linkgit:gitignore[5]), but
+	still use the ignore rules given with `-e` options from the command
+	line.  This allows removing all untracked
 	files, including build products.  This can be used (possibly in
 	conjunction with 'git reset') to create a pristine
 	working directory to test a clean build.
diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
index 1c94f08ff4..b5bc9dbff0 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
@@ -132,6 +132,14 @@ full pathname may have special meaning:
  - Other consecutive asterisks are considered regular asterisks and
    will match according to the previous rules.
 
+CONFIGURATION
+-------------
+
+The optional configuration variable `core.excludesFile` indicates a path to a
+file containing patterns of file names to exclude, similar to
+`$GIT_DIR/info/exclude`.  Patterns in the exclude file are used in addition to
+those in `$GIT_DIR/info/exclude`.
+
 NOTES
 -----