diff --git a/man/git-ignore.1 b/man/git-ignore.1
index f91773c..1ec5efa 100644
--- a/man/git-ignore.1
+++ b/man/git-ignore.1
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ A space delimited list of patterns to append to the file in context\.
 \-\-
 .P
 End of options delimeter\. Everything to the right of it is treated as positional arguments or more precisely a \fIpattern\fR\.
+.P
+\-h, \-\-help
+.P
+Print a brief usage summary\.
 .SS "PATTERN FORMAT"
 Pattern format as described in the git manual
 .IP "\(bu" 4
diff --git a/man/git-ignore.html b/man/git-ignore.html
index 8efc140..9589e24 100644
--- a/man/git-ignore.html
+++ b/man/git-ignore.html
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@
 
 <p>End of options delimeter. Everything to the right of it is treated as positional arguments or more precisely a <em>pattern</em>.</p>
 
+<p>-h, --help</p>
+
+<p>Print a brief usage summary.</p>
+
 <h3 id="PATTERN-FORMAT">PATTERN FORMAT</h3>
 
 <p>Pattern format as described in the git manual</p>
diff --git a/man/git-ignore.md b/man/git-ignore.md
index a2bccef..cf6d86a 100644
--- a/man/git-ignore.md
+++ b/man/git-ignore.md
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ Default behavior:
 
   End of options delimeter. Everything to the right of it is treated as positional arguments or more precisely a *pattern*.
 
+  -h, --help
+
+  Print a brief usage summary.
+
 ### PATTERN FORMAT
 
 Pattern format as described in the git manual