diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index a33d157b97..0ca58a7eb3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ OPTIONS
 -------
 include::diff-options.txt[]
 
+-<n>::
+	Limits the number of patches to prepare.
+
 -o|--output-directory <dir>::
 	Use <dir> to store the resulting files, instead of the
 	current working directory.