diff --git a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
index 3727776a0bf3196cd1d99ba4c2756767dca00567..e38b7021b4d38c07bd794e59be0a5e0747a8b775 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-send-email.txt
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ sendemail.aliasfiletype::
 	Format of the file(s) specified in sendemail.aliasesfile. Must be
 	one of 'mutt', 'mailrc', 'pine', or 'gnus'.
 
+sendemail.to::
+	Email address (or alias) to always send to.
+
 sendemail.cccmd::
 	Command to execute to generate per patch file specific "Cc:"s.
 
diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
index 62e1429733375356bdeb5054c3dca2581a5524fe..96051bc01e1585a69a3e0746bbef7016ec01663e 100755
--- a/git-send-email.perl
+++ b/git-send-email.perl
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ sub format_2822_time {
     "smtpserverport" => \$smtp_server_port,
     "smtpuser" => \$smtp_authuser,
     "smtppass" => \$smtp_authpass,
+    "to" => \@to,
     "cccmd" => \$cc_cmd,
     "aliasfiletype" => \$aliasfiletype,
     "bcc" => \@bcclist,