diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index a44e717f30c5e1..d26656df953c1f 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -353,9 +353,7 @@ include::config/http.txt[]
 
 include::config/i18n.txt[]
 
-imap::
-	The configuration variables in the 'imap' section are described
-	in linkgit:git-imap-send[1].
+include::config/imap.txt[]
 
 index.threads::
 	Specifies the number of threads to spawn when loading the index.
diff --git a/Documentation/config/imap.txt b/Documentation/config/imap.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..06166fb5c04fe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/config/imap.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+imap.folder::
+	The folder to drop the mails into, which is typically the Drafts
+	folder. For example: "INBOX.Drafts", "INBOX/Drafts" or
+	"[Gmail]/Drafts". Required.
+
+imap.tunnel::
+	Command used to setup a tunnel to the IMAP server through which
+	commands will be piped instead of using a direct network connection
+	to the server. Required when imap.host is not set.
+
+imap.host::
+	A URL identifying the server. Use an `imap://` prefix for non-secure
+	connections and an `imaps://` prefix for secure connections.
+	Ignored when imap.tunnel is set, but required otherwise.
+
+imap.user::
+	The username to use when logging in to the server.
+
+imap.pass::
+	The password to use when logging in to the server.
+
+imap.port::
+	An integer port number to connect to on the server.
+	Defaults to 143 for imap:// hosts and 993 for imaps:// hosts.
+	Ignored when imap.tunnel is set.
+
+imap.sslverify::
+	A boolean to enable/disable verification of the server certificate
+	used by the SSL/TLS connection. Default is `true`. Ignored when
+	imap.tunnel is set.
+
+imap.preformattedHTML::
+	A boolean to enable/disable the use of html encoding when sending
+	a patch.  An html encoded patch will be bracketed with <pre>
+	and have a content type of text/html.  Ironically, enabling this
+	option causes Thunderbird to send the patch as a plain/text,
+	format=fixed email.  Default is `false`.
+
+imap.authMethod::
+	Specify authenticate method for authentication with IMAP server.
+	If Git was built with the NO_CURL option, or if your curl version is older
+	than 7.34.0, or if you're running git-imap-send with the `--no-curl`
+	option, the only supported method is 'CRAM-MD5'. If this is not set
+	then 'git imap-send' uses the basic IMAP plaintext LOGIN command.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
index 7b157441eb3ee9..65b53fcc47d6b9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-imap-send.txt
@@ -57,50 +57,7 @@ to appropriate values.
 Variables
 ~~~~~~~~~
 
-imap.folder::
-	The folder to drop the mails into, which is typically the Drafts
-	folder. For example: "INBOX.Drafts", "INBOX/Drafts" or
-	"[Gmail]/Drafts". Required.
-
-imap.tunnel::
-	Command used to setup a tunnel to the IMAP server through which
-	commands will be piped instead of using a direct network connection
-	to the server. Required when imap.host is not set.
-
-imap.host::
-	A URL identifying the server. Use an `imap://` prefix for non-secure
-	connections and an `imaps://` prefix for secure connections.
-	Ignored when imap.tunnel is set, but required otherwise.
-
-imap.user::
-	The username to use when logging in to the server.
-
-imap.pass::
-	The password to use when logging in to the server.
-
-imap.port::
-	An integer port number to connect to on the server.
-	Defaults to 143 for imap:// hosts and 993 for imaps:// hosts.
-	Ignored when imap.tunnel is set.
-
-imap.sslverify::
-	A boolean to enable/disable verification of the server certificate
-	used by the SSL/TLS connection. Default is `true`. Ignored when
-	imap.tunnel is set.
-
-imap.preformattedHTML::
-	A boolean to enable/disable the use of html encoding when sending
-	a patch.  An html encoded patch will be bracketed with <pre>
-	and have a content type of text/html.  Ironically, enabling this
-	option causes Thunderbird to send the patch as a plain/text,
-	format=fixed email.  Default is `false`.
-
-imap.authMethod::
-	Specify authenticate method for authentication with IMAP server.
-	If Git was built with the NO_CURL option, or if your curl version is older
-	than 7.34.0, or if you're running git-imap-send with the `--no-curl`
-	option, the only supported method is 'CRAM-MD5'. If this is not set
-	then 'git imap-send' uses the basic IMAP plaintext LOGIN command.
+include::config/imap.txt[]
 
 Examples
 ~~~~~~~~