diff --git a/Documentation/git-add.txt b/Documentation/git-add.txt
index 48754cbc67..ee0f95cbdd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-add.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-add.txt
@@ -53,8 +53,14 @@ OPTIONS
 	Files to add content from.  Fileglobs (e.g. `*.c`) can
 	be given to add all matching files.  Also a
 	leading directory name (e.g. `dir` to add `dir/file1`
-	and `dir/file2`) can be given to add all files in the
-	directory, recursively.
+	and `dir/file2`) can be given to update the index to
+	match the current state of the directory as a whole (e.g.
+	specifying `dir` will record not just a file `dir/file1`
+	modified in the working tree, a file `dir/file2` added to
+	the working tree, but also a file `dir/file3` removed from
+	the working tree.  Note that older versions of Git used
+	to ignore removed files; use `--no-all` option if you want
+	to add modified or new files but ignore removed	ones.
 
 -n::
 --dry-run::
@@ -129,11 +135,9 @@ of Git, hence the form without <pathspec> should not be used.
 	files that have been removed from the working tree.  This
 	option is a no-op when no <pathspec> is used.
 +
-This option is primarily to help the current users of Git, whose
-"git add <pathspec>..." ignores removed files.  In future versions
-of Git, "git add <pathspec>..." will be a synonym to "git add -A
-<pathspec>..." and "git add --ignore-removal <pathspec>..." will behave like
-today's "git add <pathspec>...", ignoring removed files.
+This option is primarily to help users who are used to older
+versions of Git, whose "git add <pathspec>..." was a synonym
+for "git add --no-all <pathspec>...", i.e. ignored removed files.
 
 -N::
 --intent-to-add::
diff --git a/builtin/add.c b/builtin/add.c
index c55615be4c..22c5ff5796 100644
--- a/builtin/add.c
+++ b/builtin/add.c
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ struct update_callback_data {
 	int add_errors;
 	const char *implicit_dot;
 	size_t implicit_dot_len;
-
-	/* only needed for 2.0 transition preparation */
-	int warn_add_would_remove;
 };
 
 static const char *option_with_implicit_dot;
@@ -96,24 +93,6 @@ static int fix_unmerged_status(struct diff_filepair *p,
 		return DIFF_STATUS_MODIFIED;
 }
 
-static const char *add_would_remove_warning = N_(
-	"You ran 'git add' with neither '-A (--all)' or '--ignore-removal',\n"
-"whose behaviour will change in Git 2.0 with respect to paths you removed.\n"
-"Paths like '%s' that are\n"
-"removed from your working tree are ignored with this version of Git.\n"
-"\n"
-"* 'git add --ignore-removal <pathspec>', which is the current default,\n"
-"  ignores paths you removed from your working tree.\n"
-"\n"
-"* 'git add --all <pathspec>' will let you also record the removals.\n"
-"\n"
-"Run 'git status' to check the paths you removed from your working tree.\n");
-
-static void warn_add_would_remove(const char *path)
-{
-	warning(_(add_would_remove_warning), path);
-}
-
 static void update_callback(struct diff_queue_struct *q,
 			    struct diff_options *opt, void *cbdata)
 {
@@ -151,10 +130,6 @@ static void update_callback(struct diff_queue_struct *q,
 			}
 			break;
 		case DIFF_STATUS_DELETED:
-			if (data->warn_add_would_remove) {
-				warn_add_would_remove(path);
-				data->warn_add_would_remove = 0;
-			}
 			if (data->flags & ADD_CACHE_IGNORE_REMOVAL)
 				break;
 			if (!(data->flags & ADD_CACHE_PRETEND))
@@ -378,7 +353,7 @@ N_("The following paths are ignored by one of your .gitignore files:\n");
 static int verbose, show_only, ignored_too, refresh_only;
 static int ignore_add_errors, intent_to_add, ignore_missing;
 
-#define ADDREMOVE_DEFAULT 0 /* Change to 1 in Git 2.0 */
+#define ADDREMOVE_DEFAULT 1
 static int addremove = ADDREMOVE_DEFAULT;
 static int addremove_explicit = -1; /* unspecified */
 
@@ -476,20 +451,9 @@ int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (addremove && take_worktree_changes)
 		die(_("-A and -u are mutually incompatible"));
 
-	/*
-	 * Warn when "git add pathspec..." was given without "-u" or "-A"
-	 * and pathspec... covers a removed path.
-	 */
-	memset(&update_data, 0, sizeof(update_data));
-	if (!take_worktree_changes && addremove_explicit < 0)
-		update_data.warn_add_would_remove = 1;
-
 	if (!take_worktree_changes && addremove_explicit < 0 && argc)
-		/*
-		 * Turn "git add pathspec..." to "git add -A pathspec..."
-		 * in Git 2.0 but not yet
-		 */
-		; /* addremove = 1; */
+		/* Turn "git add pathspec..." to "git add -A pathspec..." */
+		addremove = 1;
 
 	if (!show_only && ignore_missing)
 		die(_("Option --ignore-missing can only be used together with --dry-run"));
@@ -579,6 +543,7 @@ int cmd_add(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	plug_bulk_checkin();
 
+	memset(&update_data, 0, sizeof(update_data));
 	if ((flags & ADD_CACHE_IMPLICIT_DOT) && prefix) {
 		/*
 		 * Check for modified files throughout the worktree so