diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index cfe8d2b5df..8b0d3adfed 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ Skip "branches" and "tags" of first level directories;;
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 --
 
+--log-window-size=<n>;;
+    Fetch <n> log entries per request when scanning Subversion history.
+    The default is 100. For very large Subversion repositories, larger
+    values may be needed for 'clone'/'fetch' to complete in reasonable
+    time. But overly large values may lead to higher memory usage and
+    request timeouts.
+
 'clone'::
 	Runs 'init' and 'fetch'.  It will automatically create a
 	directory based on the basename of the URL passed to it;