diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index 5b3c38de7f..fce585388c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ COMMANDS
 NOTE: Before Git v2.0, the default prefix was "" (no prefix). This
 meant that SVN-tracking refs were put at "refs/remotes/*", which is
 incompatible with how Git's own remote-tracking refs are organized.
+If you still want the old default, you can get it by passing
+`--prefix ""` on the command line (`--prefix=""` may not work if
+your Perl's Getopt::Long is < v2.37).
 
 --ignore-paths=<regex>;;
 	When passed to 'init' or 'clone' this regular expression will
diff --git a/t/t9117-git-svn-init-clone.sh b/t/t9117-git-svn-init-clone.sh
index dfed76fedc..a66f43c6b1 100755
--- a/t/t9117-git-svn-init-clone.sh
+++ b/t/t9117-git-svn-init-clone.sh
@@ -101,18 +101,18 @@ test_expect_success 'clone with -s/-T/-b/-t assumes --prefix=origin/' '
 	rm -f warning
 	'
 
-test_expect_success 'init with -s/-T/-b/-t and --prefix="" still works' '
+test_expect_success 'init with -s/-T/-b/-t and --prefix "" still works' '
 	test ! -d project &&
-	git svn init -s "$svnrepo"/project project --prefix="" 2>warning &&
+	git svn init -s "$svnrepo"/project project --prefix "" 2>warning &&
 	test_must_fail grep -q prefix warning &&
 	test_svn_configured_prefix "" &&
 	rm -rf project &&
 	rm -f warning
 	'
 
-test_expect_success 'clone with -s/-T/-b/-t and --prefix="" still works' '
+test_expect_success 'clone with -s/-T/-b/-t and --prefix "" still works' '
 	test ! -d project &&
-	git svn clone -s "$svnrepo"/project --prefix="" 2>warning &&
+	git svn clone -s "$svnrepo"/project --prefix "" 2>warning &&
 	test_must_fail grep -q prefix warning &&
 	test_svn_configured_prefix "" &&
 	rm -rf project &&