diff --git a/Documentation/git-archive.txt b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
index e1e2d60fef1b8fc85e30243f403bd11d80ca980b..7cd6526552155d3d120c886ed8ae78ae2d6be80d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-archive.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-archive.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
 'git-archive' --format=<fmt> [--list] [--prefix=<prefix>/] [<extra>]
-	      [--remote=<repo>] <tree-ish> [path...]
+	      [--remote=<repo> [--exec=<git-upload-archive>]] <tree-ish>
+	      [path...]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -52,6 +53,10 @@ OPTIONS
 	Instead of making a tar archive from local repository,
 	retrieve a tar archive from a remote repository.
 
+--exec=<git-upload-archive>::
+	Used with --remote to specify the path to the
+	git-upload-archive executable on the remote side.
+
 <tree-ish>::
 	The tree or commit to produce an archive for.