diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
index 034caedc39..8ed09c0b3c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt
@@ -115,18 +115,17 @@ base-name::
 
 --honor-pack-keep::
 	This flag causes an object already in a local pack that
-	has a .keep file to be ignored, even if it appears in the
-	standard input.
+	has a .keep file to be ignored, even if it it would have
+	otherwise been packed.
 
 --incremental::
-	This flag causes an object already in a pack ignored
-	even if it appears in the standard input.
+	This flag causes an object already in a pack to be ignored
+	even if it would have otherwise been packed.
 
 --local::
-	This flag is similar to `--incremental`; instead of
-	ignoring all packed objects, it only ignores objects
-	that are packed and/or not in the local object store
-	(i.e. borrowed from an alternate).
+	This flag causes an object that is borrowed from an alternate
+	object store to be ignored even if it would have otherwise been
+	packed.
 
 --non-empty::
         Only create a packed archive if it would contain at