diff --git a/doc/man/restic-backup.1 b/doc/man/restic-backup.1
index 2598678d0..80b1bea59 100644
--- a/doc/man/restic-backup.1
+++ b/doc/man/restic-backup.1
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ Exit status is 3 if some source data could not be read (incomplete snapshot crea
 \fB--exclude-larger-than\fP=""
 	max \fB\fCsize\fR of the files to be backed up (allowed suffixes: k/K, m/M, g/G, t/T)
 
+.PP
+\fB-n\fP, \fB--exclude-gitignored\fP[=false]
+	excludes anything (file, directory, symlink) that would be ignored by git
+
 .PP
 \fB--files-from\fP=[]
 	read the files to backup from \fB\fCfile\fR (can be combined with file args; can be specified multiple times)
diff --git a/doc/manual_rest.rst b/doc/manual_rest.rst
index 97480db80..7494270fa 100644
--- a/doc/manual_rest.rst
+++ b/doc/manual_rest.rst
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ command:
           --exclude-file file                      read exclude patterns from a file (can be specified multiple times)
           --exclude-if-present filename[:header]   takes filename[:header], exclude contents of directories containing filename (except filename itself) if header of that file is as provided (can be specified multiple times)
           --exclude-larger-than size               max size of the files to be backed up (allowed suffixes: k/K, m/M, g/G, t/T)
+          --exclude-gitignored                     exclude anything (file, directory, symlink) that would be ignored by git
           --files-from file                        read the files to backup from file (can be combined with file args; can be specified multiple times)
           --files-from-raw file                    read the files to backup from file (can be combined with file args; can be specified multiple times)
           --files-from-verbatim file               read the files to backup from file (can be combined with file args; can be specified multiple times)