diff --git a/Documentation/git-config.txt b/Documentation/git-config.txt
index d9463cb387..5d9fd47ee3 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-config.txt
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ Given a .git/config like this:
 
 	; Proxy settings
 	[core]
-		gitproxy="proxy-command" for kernel.org
+		gitproxy=proxy-command for kernel.org
 		gitproxy=default-proxy ; for all the rest
 
 you can set the filemode to true with
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ To actually match only values with an exclamation mark, you have to
 To add a new proxy, without altering any of the existing ones, use
 
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-% git config core.gitproxy '"proxy-command" for example.com'
+% git config --add core.gitproxy '"proxy-command" for example.com'
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 An example to use customized color from the configuration in your