diff --git a/Documentation/fmt-merge-msg-config.txt b/Documentation/fmt-merge-msg-config.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c73cfa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/fmt-merge-msg-config.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+merge.branchdesc::
+	In addition to branch names, populate the log message with
+	the branch description text associated with them.  Defaults
+	to false.
+
+merge.log::
+	In addition to branch names, populate the log message with at
+	most the specified number of one-line descriptions from the
+	actual commits that are being merged.  Defaults to false, and
+	true is a synonym for 20.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt
index bb1232a..55a9a4b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-fmt-merge-msg.txt
@@ -51,17 +51,7 @@
 
 CONFIGURATION
 -------------
-
-merge.branchdesc::
-	In addition to branch names, populate the log message with
-	the branch description text associated with them.  Defaults
-	to false.
-
-merge.log::
-	In addition to branch names, populate the log message with at
-	most the specified number of one-line descriptions from the
-	actual commits that are being merged.  Defaults to false, and
-	true is a synonym for 20.
+include::fmt-merge-msg-config.txt[]
 
 merge.summary::
 	Synonym to `merge.log`; this is deprecated and will be removed in
diff --git a/Documentation/merge-config.txt b/Documentation/merge-config.txt
index 8a0e52f..002ca58 100644
--- a/Documentation/merge-config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/merge-config.txt
@@ -26,11 +26,7 @@
 	allowed (equivalent to giving the `--ff-only` option from the
 	command line).
 
-merge.log::
-	In addition to branch names, populate the log message with at
-	most the specified number of one-line descriptions from the
-	actual commits that are being merged.  Defaults to false, and
-	true is a synonym for 20.
+include::fmt-merge-msg-config.txt[]
 
 merge.renameLimit::
 	The number of files to consider when performing rename detection