diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index b7aafdbf175c15..9aa849ce8bc9a4 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -395,9 +395,7 @@ include::config/receive.txt[]
 
 include::config/remote.txt[]
 
-remotes.<group>::
-	The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update
-	<group>".  See linkgit:git-remote[1].
+include::config/remotes.txt[]
 
 repack.useDeltaBaseOffset::
 	By default, linkgit:git-repack[1] creates packs that use
diff --git a/Documentation/config/remotes.txt b/Documentation/config/remotes.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..4cfe03221e3220
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/config/remotes.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+remotes.<group>::
+	The list of remotes which are fetched by "git remote update
+	<group>".  See linkgit:git-remote[1].