Document git aliases support

diff --git a/Documentation/git-var.txt b/Documentation/git-var.txt
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--- a/Documentation/git-var.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-var.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 git-var(1)
 ==========
-v0.1, July 2005
 
 NAME
 ----
@@ -9,27 +8,32 @@ git-var - Print the git users identity
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
-git-var [ -l | <variable> ]
+'git-var' [ -l | <variable> ]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 Prints a git logical variable.
 
--l causes the logical variables to be listed.
+OPTIONS
+-------
+-l::
+       Cause the logical variables to be listed. In addition, all the
+       variables of the git configuration file .git/config are listed
+       as well. (However, the configuration variables listing functionality
+       is deprecated in favor of `git-repo-config -l`.)
 
 EXAMPLE
 --------
-$git-var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT
-
-Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@lnxi.com> 1121223278 -0600
+       $ git-var GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT
+       Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@lnxi.com> 1121223278 -0600
 
 
 VARIABLES
 ----------
-GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT
+GIT_AUTHOR_IDENT::
     The author of a piece of code.
 
-GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT
+GIT_COMMITTER_IDENT::
     The person who put a piece of code into git.
 
 Diagnostics
@@ -45,6 +49,7 @@ See Also
 --------
 gitlink:git-commit-tree[1]
 gitlink:git-tag[1]
+gitlink:git-repo-config[1]
 
 Author
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