diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
index 737894390d..3405ca09e8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ Note that you can use `.` (current directory) as the
 <repository> to pull from the local repository -- this is useful
 when merging local branches into the current branch.
 
+Also note that options meant for `git-pull` itself and underlying
+`git-merge` must be given before the options meant for `git-fetch`.
 
 OPTIONS
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