diff --git a/Documentation/cmd-list.perl b/Documentation/cmd-list.perl
index 0381590d383c4fffbf04895be4c47e407dd94e80..443802a9a3e4982c33f831217602ea600f0f2775 100755
--- a/Documentation/cmd-list.perl
+++ b/Documentation/cmd-list.perl
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ sub format_one {
 git-cat-file                            plumbinginterrogators
 git-checkout-index                      plumbingmanipulators
 git-checkout                            mainporcelain
+git-check-attr                          purehelpers
 git-check-ref-format                    purehelpers
 git-cherry                              ancillaryinterrogators
 git-cherry-pick                         mainporcelain
diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ceb51959b1d28a7298ddd42b0e3e968c568195a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/git-check-attr.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+git-check-attr(1)
+=================
+
+NAME
+----
+git-check-attr - Display gitattributes information.
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+'git-check-attr' attr... [--] pathname...
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+For every pathname, this command will list if each attr is 'unspecified',
+'set', or 'unset' as a gitattribute on that pathname.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+\--::
+	Interpret all preceding arguments as attributes, and all following
+	arguments as path names. If not supplied, only the first argument will
+	be treated as an attribute.
+
+
+Author
+------
+Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
+
+Documentation
+--------------
+Documentation by James Bowes.
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+