diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index fd535b06ab..da067ecafa 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 	[<upstream>] [<branch>]
 'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [options] [--exec <cmd>] [--onto <newbase>]
 	--root [<branch>]
-'git rebase' --continue | --skip | --abort
+'git rebase' --continue | --skip | --abort | --edit-todo
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -245,6 +245,9 @@ leave out at most one of A and B, in which case it defaults to HEAD.
 --skip::
 	Restart the rebasing process by skipping the current patch.
 
+--edit-todo::
+	Edit the todo list during an interactive rebase.
+
 -m::
 --merge::
 	Use merging strategies to rebase.  When the recursive (default) merge
diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
index 4d57e50f2b..2b8f2a9f42 100644
--- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh
+++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
@@ -792,6 +792,23 @@ skip)
 
 	do_rest
 	;;
+edit-todo)
+	sed -e '/^#/d' < "$todo" > "$todo".new
+	mv -f "$todo".new "$todo"
+	append_todo_help
+	cat >> "$todo" << EOF
+#
+# You are editing the todo file of an ongoing interactive rebase.
+# To continue rebase after editing, run:
+#     git rebase --continue
+#
+EOF
+
+	git_sequence_editor "$todo" ||
+		die "Could not execute editor"
+
+	exit
+	;;
 esac
 
 git var GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT >/dev/null ||
diff --git a/git-rebase.sh b/git-rebase.sh
index e6b43a26cf..b2f1c76dc3 100755
--- a/git-rebase.sh
+++ b/git-rebase.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ OPTIONS_KEEPDASHDASH=
 OPTIONS_SPEC="\
 git rebase [-i] [options] [--exec <cmd>] [--onto <newbase>] [<upstream>] [<branch>]
 git rebase [-i] [options] [--exec <cmd>] [--onto <newbase>] --root [<branch>]
-git-rebase --continue | --abort | --skip
+git-rebase --continue | --abort | --skip | --edit-todo
 --
  Available options are
 v,verbose!         display a diffstat of what changed upstream
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ C=!                passed to 'git apply'
 continue!          continue
 abort!             abort and check out the original branch
 skip!              skip current patch and continue
+edit-todo!         edit the todo list during an interactive rebase
 "
 . git-sh-setup
 . git-sh-i18n
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ do
 	--verify)
 		ok_to_skip_pre_rebase=
 		;;
-	--continue|--skip|--abort)
+	--continue|--skip|--abort|--edit-todo)
 		test $total_argc -eq 2 || usage
 		action=${1##--}
 		;;
@@ -306,6 +307,11 @@ then
 	fi
 fi
 
+if test "$action" = "edit-todo" && test "$type" != "interactive"
+then
+	die "$(gettext "The --edit-todo action can only be used during interactive rebase.")"
+fi
+
 case "$action" in
 continue)
 	# Sanity check
@@ -338,6 +344,9 @@ abort)
 	rm -r "$state_dir"
 	exit
 	;;
+edit-todo)
+	run_specific_rebase
+	;;
 esac
 
 # Make sure no rebase is in progress