Merge branch 'pw/doc-synopsis-markup-opmode-options'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
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--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -300,6 +300,11 @@ See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below.
 +
 See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below.
 
+--rerere-autoupdate::
+--no-rerere-autoupdate::
+       Allow the rerere mechanism to update the index with the
+       result of auto-conflict resolution if possible.
+
 -S[<keyid>]::
 --gpg-sign[=<keyid>]::
        GPG-sign commits. The `keyid` argument is optional and
@@ -410,14 +415,14 @@ See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below.
 +
 By default, or when `no-rebase-cousins` was specified, commits which do not
 have `<upstream>` as direct ancestor will keep their original branch point,
-i.e. commits that would be excluded by gitlink:git-log[1]'s
+i.e. commits that would be excluded by linkgit:git-log[1]'s
 `--ancestry-path` option will keep their original ancestry by default. If
 the `rebase-cousins` mode is turned on, such commits are instead rebased
 onto `<upstream>` (or `<onto>`, if specified).
 +
-The `--rebase-merges` mode is similar in spirit to `--preserve-merges`, but
-in contrast to that option works well in interactive rebases: commits can be
-reordered, inserted and dropped at will.
+The `--rebase-merges` mode is similar in spirit to the deprecated
+`--preserve-merges`, but in contrast to that option works well in interactive
+rebases: commits can be reordered, inserted and dropped at will.
 +
 It is currently only possible to recreate the merge commits using the
 `recursive` merge strategy; Different merge strategies can be used only via
@@ -427,9 +432,10 @@ See also REBASING MERGES and INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below.
 
 -p::
 --preserve-merges::
-       Recreate merge commits instead of flattening the history by replaying
-       commits a merge commit introduces. Merge conflict resolutions or manual
-       amendments to merge commits are not preserved.
+       [DEPRECATED: use `--rebase-merges` instead] Recreate merge commits
+       instead of flattening the history by replaying commits a merge commit
+       introduces. Merge conflict resolutions or manual amendments to merge
+       commits are not preserved.
 +
 This uses the `--interactive` machinery internally, but combining it
 with the `--interactive` option explicitly is generally not a good
@@ -669,7 +675,8 @@ $ git rebase -i HEAD~5
 
 And move the first patch to the end of the list.
 
-You might want to preserve merges, if you have a history like this:
+You might want to recreate merge commits, e.g. if you have a history
+like this:
 
 ------------------
            X
@@ -683,7 +690,7 @@ Suppose you want to rebase the side branch starting at "A" to "Q". Make
 sure that the current HEAD is "B", and call
 
 -----------------------------
-$ git rebase -i -p --onto Q O
+$ git rebase -i -r --onto Q O
 -----------------------------
 
 Reordering and editing commits usually creates untested intermediate
@@ -1020,11 +1027,11 @@ merge cmake
 
 BUGS
 ----
-The todo list presented by `--preserve-merges --interactive` does not
-represent the topology of the revision graph.  Editing commits and
-rewording their commit messages should work fine, but attempts to
-reorder commits tend to produce counterintuitive results. Use
-`--rebase-merges` in such scenarios instead.
+The todo list presented by the deprecated `--preserve-merges --interactive`
+does not represent the topology of the revision graph (use `--rebase-merges`
+instead).  Editing commits and rewording their commit messages should work
+fine, but attempts to reorder commits tend to produce counterintuitive results.
+Use `--rebase-merges` in such scenarios instead.
 
 For example, an attempt to rearrange
 ------------