diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 6ddc1e2ca6..81f7ecd52c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ help ...`.
 	Run as if git was started in '<path>' instead of the current working
 	directory.  When multiple `-C` options are given, each subsequent
 	non-absolute `-C <path>` is interpreted relative to the preceding `-C
-	<path>`.
+	<path>`.  If '<path>' is present but empty, e.g. `-C ""`, then the
+	current working directory is left unchanged.
 +
 This option affects options that expect path name like `--git-dir` and
 `--work-tree` in that their interpretations of the path names would be