diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 7a91ac16fb..a102729fa4 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -809,37 +809,7 @@ man.viewer::
 	Specify the programs that may be used to display help in the
 	'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
 
-merge.summary::
-	Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly created
-	merge commit messages. False by default.
-
-merge.tool::
-	Controls which merge resolution program is used by
-	linkgit:git-mergetool[1].  Valid built-in values are: "kdiff3",
-	"tkdiff", "meld", "xxdiff", "emerge", "vimdiff", "gvimdiff", and
-	"opendiff".  Any other value is treated is custom merge tool
-	and there must be a corresponing mergetool.<tool>.cmd option.
-
-merge.verbosity::
-	Controls the amount of output shown by the recursive merge
-	strategy.  Level 0 outputs nothing except a final error
-	message if conflicts were detected. Level 1 outputs only
-	conflicts, 2 outputs conflicts and file changes.  Level 5 and
-	above outputs debugging information.  The default is level 2.
-	Can be overridden by 'GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY' environment variable.
-
-merge.<driver>.name::
-	Defines a human readable name for a custom low-level
-	merge driver.  See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
-
-merge.<driver>.driver::
-	Defines the command that implements a custom low-level
-	merge driver.  See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
-
-merge.<driver>.recursive::
-	Names a low-level merge driver to be used when
-	performing an internal merge between common ancestors.
-	See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
+include::merge-config.txt[]
 
 man.<tool>.cmd::
 	Specify the command to invoke the specified man viewer. The
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt
index 8615ae353e..457cf42561 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ git-fmt-merge-msg - Produce a merge commit message
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-git-fmt-merge-msg [--summary | --no-summary] <$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD
-git-fmt-merge-msg [--summary | --no-summary] -F <file>
+git-fmt-merge-msg [--log | --no-log] <$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD
+git-fmt-merge-msg [--log | --no-log] -F <file>
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -24,15 +24,19 @@ automatically invoking `git-merge`.
 OPTIONS
 -------
 
---summary::
+--log::
 	In addition to branch names, populate the log message with
 	one-line descriptions from the actual commits that are being
 	merged.
 
---no-summary::
+--no-log::
 	Do not list one-line descriptions from the actual commits being
 	merged.
 
+--summary,--no-summary::
+	Synonyms to --log and --no-log; these are deprecated and will be
+	removed in the future.
+
 --file <file>, -F <file>::
 	Take the list of merged objects from <file> instead of
 	stdin.
@@ -40,10 +44,14 @@ OPTIONS
 CONFIGURATION
 -------------
 
-merge.summary::
+merge.log::
 	Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly
 	merge commit messages. False by default.
 
+merge.summary::
+	Synonym to `merge.log`; this is deprecated and will be removed in
+	the future.
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkgit:git-merge[1]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-merge.txt b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
index c136b10692..ef1f055c85 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-merge.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-merge.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-merge - Join two or more development histories together
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-merge' [-n] [--summary] [--no-commit] [--squash] [-s <strategy>]...
+'git-merge' [-n] [--stat] [--no-commit] [--squash] [-s <strategy>]...
 	[-m <msg>] <remote> <remote>...
 'git-merge' <msg> HEAD <remote>...
 
@@ -46,18 +46,7 @@ linkgit:git-reset[1].
 
 CONFIGURATION
 -------------
-
-merge.summary::
-	Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly
-	created merge commit. False by default.
-
-merge.verbosity::
-	Controls the amount of output shown by the recursive merge
-	strategy.  Level 0 outputs nothing except a final error
-	message if conflicts were detected. Level 1 outputs only
-	conflicts, 2 outputs conflicts and file changes.  Level 5 and
-	above outputs debugging information.  The default is level 2.
-	Can be overridden by 'GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY' environment variable.
+include::merge-config.txt[]
 
 branch.<name>.mergeoptions::
 	Sets default options for merging into branch <name>. The syntax and
diff --git a/Documentation/merge-config.txt b/Documentation/merge-config.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9719311b42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/merge-config.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+merge.stat::
+	Whether to print the diffstat berween ORIG_HEAD and merge result
+	at the end of the merge.  True by default.
+
+merge.log::
+	Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly created
+	merge commit messages. False by default.
+
+merge.tool::
+	Controls which merge resolution program is used by
+	linkgit:git-mergetool[1].  Valid built-in values are: "kdiff3",
+	"tkdiff", "meld", "xxdiff", "emerge", "vimdiff", "gvimdiff", and
+	"opendiff".  Any other value is treated is custom merge tool
+	and there must be a corresponing mergetool.<tool>.cmd option.
+
+merge.verbosity::
+	Controls the amount of output shown by the recursive merge
+	strategy.  Level 0 outputs nothing except a final error
+	message if conflicts were detected. Level 1 outputs only
+	conflicts, 2 outputs conflicts and file changes.  Level 5 and
+	above outputs debugging information.  The default is level 2.
+	Can be overridden by 'GIT_MERGE_VERBOSITY' environment variable.
+
+merge.<driver>.name::
+	Defines a human readable name for a custom low-level
+	merge driver.  See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
+
+merge.<driver>.driver::
+	Defines the command that implements a custom low-level
+	merge driver.  See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
+
+merge.<driver>.recursive::
+	Names a low-level merge driver to be used when
+	performing an internal merge between common ancestors.
+	See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
diff --git a/Documentation/merge-options.txt b/Documentation/merge-options.txt
index 9f1fc82550..f37a776489 100644
--- a/Documentation/merge-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/merge-options.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,23 @@
---summary::
+--stat::
 	Show a diffstat at the end of the merge. The diffstat is also
-	controlled by the configuration option merge.diffstat.
+	controlled by the configuration option merge.stat.
 
--n, \--no-summary::
+-n, \--no-stat::
 	Do not show diffstat at the end of the merge.
 
+--summary, \--no-summary::
+	Synonyms to --stat and --no-stat; these are deprecated and will be
+	removed in the future.
+
+--log::
+	In addition to branch names, populate the log message with
+	one-line descriptions from the actual commits that are being
+	merged.
+
+--no-log::
+	Do not list one-line descriptions from the actual commits being
+	merged.
+
 --no-commit::
 	Perform the merge but pretend the merge failed and do
 	not autocommit, to give the user a chance to inspect and
diff --git a/builtin-fmt-merge-msg.c b/builtin-fmt-merge-msg.c
index 7077d52477..b72cb59e6a 100644
--- a/builtin-fmt-merge-msg.c
+++ b/builtin-fmt-merge-msg.c
@@ -6,13 +6,18 @@
 #include "tag.h"
 
 static const char *fmt_merge_msg_usage =
-	"git-fmt-merge-msg [--summary] [--no-summary] [--file <file>]";
+	"git-fmt-merge-msg [--log] [--no-log] [--file <file>]";
 
 static int merge_summary;
 
 static int fmt_merge_msg_config(const char *key, const char *value)
 {
-	if (!strcmp("merge.summary", key))
+	static int found_merge_log = 0;
+	if (!strcmp("merge.log", key)) {
+		found_merge_log = 1;
+		merge_summary = git_config_bool(key, value);
+	}
+	if (!found_merge_log && !strcmp("merge.summary", key))
 		merge_summary = git_config_bool(key, value);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -258,9 +263,10 @@ int cmd_fmt_merge_msg(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	git_config(fmt_merge_msg_config);
 
 	while (argc > 1) {
-		if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--summary"))
+		if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--log") || !strcmp(argv[1], "--summary"))
 			merge_summary = 1;
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--no-summary"))
+		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--no-log")
+				|| !strcmp(argv[1], "--no-summary"))
 			merge_summary = 0;
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "-F") || !strcmp(argv[1], "--file")) {
 			if (argc < 3)
diff --git a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
index 23db664f48..16984632d9 100755
--- a/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
+++ b/contrib/completion/git-completion.bash
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ _git_merge ()
 		;;
 	--*)
 		__gitcomp "
-			--no-commit --no-summary --squash --strategy
+			--no-commit --no-stat --log --no-log --squash --strategy
 			"
 		return
 	esac
diff --git a/git-merge.sh b/git-merge.sh
index 7dbbb1d79d..69b35d87e6 100755
--- a/git-merge.sh
+++ b/git-merge.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@ OPTIONS_SPEC="\
 git-merge [options] <remote>...
 git-merge [options] <msg> HEAD <remote>
 --
-summary              show a diffstat at the end of the merge
-n,no-summary         don't show a diffstat at the end of the merge
+stat                 show a diffstat at the end of the merge
+n,no-stat            don't show a diffstat at the end of the merge
+summary              (synonym to --stat)
+no-summary           (synonym to --no-stat)
+log                  add list of one-line log to merge commit message
+no-log               don't add list of one-line log to merge commit message
 squash               create a single commit instead of doing a merge
 commit               perform a commit if the merge sucesses (default)
 ff                   allow fast forward (default)
@@ -37,7 +41,7 @@ use_strategies=
 
 allow_fast_forward=t
 allow_trivial_merge=t
-squash= no_commit=
+squash= no_commit= log_arg=
 
 dropsave() {
 	rm -f -- "$GIT_DIR/MERGE_HEAD" "$GIT_DIR/MERGE_MSG" \
@@ -148,10 +152,12 @@ merge_name () {
 parse_config () {
 	while test $# != 0; do
 		case "$1" in
-		-n|--no-summary)
+		-n|--no-stat|--no-summary)
 			show_diffstat=false ;;
-		--summary)
+		--stat|--summary)
 			show_diffstat=t ;;
+		--log|--no-log)
+			log_arg=$1 ;;
 		--squash)
 			test "$allow_fast_forward" = t ||
 				die "You cannot combine --squash with --no-ff."
@@ -210,6 +216,7 @@ while test $args_left -lt $#; do shift; done
 
 if test -z "$show_diffstat"; then
     test "$(git config --bool merge.diffstat)" = false && show_diffstat=false
+    test "$(git config --bool merge.stat)" = false && show_diffstat=false
     test -z "$show_diffstat" && show_diffstat=t
 fi
 
@@ -258,7 +265,7 @@ else
 	merge_name=$(for remote
 		do
 			merge_name "$remote"
-		done | git fmt-merge-msg
+		done | git fmt-merge-msg $log_arg
 	)
 	merge_msg="${merge_msg:+$merge_msg$LF$LF}$merge_name"
 fi
diff --git a/git-pull.sh b/git-pull.sh
index 3ce32b5f21..bf0c2985af 100755
--- a/git-pull.sh
+++ b/git-pull.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 # Fetch one or more remote refs and merge it/them into the current HEAD.
 
-USAGE='[-n | --no-summary] [--[no-]commit] [--[no-]squash] [--[no-]ff] [-s strategy]... [<fetch-options>] <repo> <head>...'
+USAGE='[-n | --no-stat] [--[no-]commit] [--[no-]squash] [--[no-]ff] [-s strategy]... [<fetch-options>] <repo> <head>...'
 LONG_USAGE='Fetch one or more remote refs and merge it/them into the current HEAD.'
 SUBDIRECTORY_OK=Yes
 OPTIONS_SPEC=
@@ -16,19 +16,19 @@ cd_to_toplevel
 test -z "$(git ls-files -u)" ||
 	die "You are in the middle of a conflicted merge."
 
-strategy_args= no_summary= no_commit= squash= no_ff=
+strategy_args= no_stat= no_commit= squash= no_ff= log_arg=
 curr_branch=$(git symbolic-ref -q HEAD)
 curr_branch_short=$(echo "$curr_branch" | sed "s|refs/heads/||")
 rebase=$(git config --bool branch.$curr_branch_short.rebase)
 while :
 do
 	case "$1" in
-	-n|--n|--no|--no-|--no-s|--no-su|--no-sum|--no-summ|\
-		--no-summa|--no-summar|--no-summary)
-		no_summary=-n ;;
-	--summary)
-		no_summary=$1
-		;;
+	-n|--no-stat|--no-summary)
+		no_stat=-n ;;
+	--stat|--summary)
+		no_stat=$1 ;;
+	--log|--no-log)
+		log_arg=$1 ;;
 	--no-c|--no-co|--no-com|--no-comm|--no-commi|--no-commit)
 		no_commit=--no-commit ;;
 	--c|--co|--com|--comm|--commi|--commit)
@@ -172,9 +172,9 @@ then
 	exit
 fi
 
-merge_name=$(git fmt-merge-msg <"$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD") || exit
+merge_name=$(git fmt-merge-msg $log_arg <"$GIT_DIR/FETCH_HEAD") || exit
 test true = "$rebase" &&
 	exec git-rebase $strategy_args --onto $merge_head \
 	${oldremoteref:-$merge_head}
-exec git-merge $no_summary $no_commit $squash $no_ff $strategy_args \
+exec git-merge $no_stat $no_commit $squash $no_ff $log_arg $strategy_args \
 	"$merge_name" HEAD $merge_head
diff --git a/t/t6200-fmt-merge-msg.sh b/t/t6200-fmt-merge-msg.sh
index 526d7d1c44..bd4e49bf1e 100755
--- a/t/t6200-fmt-merge-msg.sh
+++ b/t/t6200-fmt-merge-msg.sh
@@ -106,8 +106,24 @@ Merge branch 'left'
   Common #1
 EOF
 
-test_expect_success 'merge-msg test #3' '
+test_expect_success 'merge-msg test #3-1' '
 
+	git config --unset-all merge.log
+	git config --unset-all merge.summary
+	git config merge.log true &&
+
+	git checkout master &&
+	setdate &&
+	git fetch . left &&
+
+	git fmt-merge-msg <.git/FETCH_HEAD >actual &&
+	git diff actual expected
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'merge-msg test #3-2' '
+
+	git config --unset-all merge.log
+	git config --unset-all merge.summary
 	git config merge.summary true &&
 
 	git checkout master &&
@@ -136,8 +152,24 @@ Merge branches 'left' and 'right'
   Common #1
 EOF
 
-test_expect_success 'merge-msg test #4' '
+test_expect_success 'merge-msg test #4-1' '
 
+	git config --unset-all merge.log
+	git config --unset-all merge.summary
+	git config merge.log true &&
+
+	git checkout master &&
+	setdate &&
+	git fetch . left right &&
+
+	git fmt-merge-msg <.git/FETCH_HEAD >actual &&
+	git diff actual expected
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'merge-msg test #4-2' '
+
+	git config --unset-all merge.log
+	git config --unset-all merge.summary
 	git config merge.summary true &&
 
 	git checkout master &&
@@ -148,8 +180,24 @@ test_expect_success 'merge-msg test #4' '
 	git diff actual expected
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'merge-msg test #5' '
+test_expect_success 'merge-msg test #5-1' '
 
+	git config --unset-all merge.log
+	git config --unset-all merge.summary
+	git config merge.log yes &&
+
+	git checkout master &&
+	setdate &&
+	git fetch . left right &&
+
+	git fmt-merge-msg <.git/FETCH_HEAD >actual &&
+	git diff actual expected
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'merge-msg test #5-2' '
+
+	git config --unset-all merge.log
+	git config --unset-all merge.summary
 	git config merge.summary yes &&
 
 	git checkout master &&
diff --git a/t/t7600-merge.sh b/t/t7600-merge.sh
index 56869aceed..d21cd290d3 100755
--- a/t/t7600-merge.sh
+++ b/t/t7600-merge.sh
@@ -104,7 +104,11 @@ create_merge_msgs() {
 	git log --no-merges ^HEAD c2 >>squash.1-5 &&
 	echo "Squashed commit of the following:" >squash.1-5-9 &&
 	echo >>squash.1-5-9 &&
-	git log --no-merges ^HEAD c2 c3 >>squash.1-5-9
+	git log --no-merges ^HEAD c2 c3 >>squash.1-5-9 &&
+	echo > msg.nolog &&
+	echo "* commit 'c3':" >msg.log &&
+	echo "  commit 3" >>msg.log &&
+	echo >>msg.log
 }
 
 verify_diff() {
@@ -364,7 +368,7 @@ test_expect_success 'merge c1 with c2 (squash in config)' '
 
 test_debug 'gitk --all'
 
-test_expect_success 'override config option -n' '
+test_expect_success 'override config option -n with --summary' '
 	git reset --hard c1 &&
 	git config branch.master.mergeoptions "-n" &&
 	test_tick &&
@@ -373,15 +377,30 @@ test_expect_success 'override config option -n' '
 	verify_parents $c1 $c2 &&
 	if ! grep "^ file |  *2 +-$" diffstat.txt
 	then
-		echo "[OOPS] diffstat was not generated"
+		echo "[OOPS] diffstat was not generated with --summary"
+		false
+	fi
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'override config option -n with --stat' '
+	git reset --hard c1 &&
+	git config branch.master.mergeoptions "-n" &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git merge --stat c2 >diffstat.txt &&
+	verify_merge file result.1-5 msg.1-5 &&
+	verify_parents $c1 $c2 &&
+	if ! grep "^ file |  *2 +-$" diffstat.txt
+	then
+		echo "[OOPS] diffstat was not generated with --stat"
+		false
 	fi
 '
 
 test_debug 'gitk --all'
 
-test_expect_success 'override config option --summary' '
+test_expect_success 'override config option --stat' '
 	git reset --hard c1 &&
-	git config branch.master.mergeoptions "--summary" &&
+	git config branch.master.mergeoptions "--stat" &&
 	test_tick &&
 	git merge -n c2 >diffstat.txt &&
 	verify_merge file result.1-5 msg.1-5 &&
@@ -441,6 +460,16 @@ test_expect_success 'merge c0 with c1 (ff overrides no-ff)' '
 	verify_head $c1
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'merge log message' '
+	git reset --hard c0 &&
+	git merge --no-log c2 &&
+	git show -s --pretty=format:%b HEAD >msg.act &&
+	verify_diff msg.nolog msg.act "[OOPS] bad merge log message" &&
+	git merge --log c3 &&
+	git show -s --pretty=format:%b HEAD >msg.act &&
+	verify_diff msg.log msg.act "[OOPS] bad merge log message"
+'
+
 test_debug 'gitk --all'
 
 test_done