diff --git a/Documentation/git-clean.txt b/Documentation/git-clean.txt
index 43b2de7db3b5f21ab9b3eb03e0c167892ae37f3f..be894af39ff6559affbf0617e4c5d8fe68c33fe8 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clean.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clean.txt
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 
-This allows cleaning the working tree by removing files that are not
-under version control.
+Cleans the working tree by recursively removing files that are not
+under version control, starting from the current directory.
 
 Normally, only files unknown to git are removed, but if the '-x'
 option is specified, ignored files are also removed. This can, for