diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
index de55c4e..34b4f57 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -482,7 +482,8 @@
 		$(HOWTO_TXT) $(DOC_DEP_TXT) \
 		--section=1 $(MAN1_TXT) \
 		--section=5 $(MAN5_TXT) \
-		--section=7 $(MAN7_TXT)
+		--section=7 $(MAN7_TXT); \
+	$(PERL_PATH) lint-man-end-blurb.perl $(MAN_TXT)
 
 ifeq ($(wildcard po/Makefile),po/Makefile)
 doc-l10n install-l10n::
diff --git a/Documentation/git-credential.txt b/Documentation/git-credential.txt
index 31c81c4..206e3c5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-credential.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-credential.txt
@@ -159,3 +159,7 @@
 +
 Components which are missing from the URL (e.g., there is no
 username in the example above) will be left unset.
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-p4.txt b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
index f89e68b..38e5257 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-p4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
@@ -762,3 +762,7 @@
   message indicating the p4 depot location and change number.  This
   line is used by later 'git p4 sync' operations to know which p4
   changes are new.
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/gitnamespaces.txt b/Documentation/gitnamespaces.txt
index b614969..1c8d2ec 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitnamespaces.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitnamespaces.txt
@@ -62,3 +62,7 @@
 ----------
 
 include::transfer-data-leaks.txt[]
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/lint-man-end-blurb.perl b/Documentation/lint-man-end-blurb.perl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d69312e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/lint-man-end-blurb.perl
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+my $exit_code = 0;
+sub report {
+	my ($target, $msg) = @_;
+	print "error: $target: $msg\n";
+	$exit_code = 1;
+}
+
+local $/;
+while (my $slurp = <>) {
+	report($ARGV, "has no 'Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite' end blurb")
+		unless $slurp =~ m[
+		^GIT\n
+		 ---\n
+		\QPart of the linkgit:git[1] suite\E \n
+		\z
+	]mx;
+}
+
+exit $exit_code;