Documentation/git-status.txt: mention color configuration

diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt
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--- a/Documentation/git-status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ The output from this command is designed to be used as a commit
 template comments, and all the output lines are prefixed with '#'.
 
 
+CONFIGURATION
+-------------
+
+The command honors `color.status` (or `status.color` -- they
+mean the same thing and the latter is kept for backward
+compatibility) and `color.status.<slot>` configuration variables
+to colorize its output.
+
+
 Author
 ------
 Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and