diff --git a/Documentation/gitk.txt b/Documentation/gitk.txt
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@@ -178,9 +178,15 @@ used by default. If '$XDG_CONFIG_HOME' is not set it defaults to
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 Gitk was the first graphical repository browser. It's written in
-tcl/tk and started off in a separate repository but was later merged
-into the main Git repository.
+tcl/tk.
 
+'gitk' is actually maintained as an independent project, but stable
+versions are distributed as part of the Git suite for the convenience
+of end users.
+
+gitk-git/ comes from Paul Mackerras's gitk project:
+
+	git://ozlabs.org/~paulus/gitk
 
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