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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
index 5da66232dc..20bb8e8217 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rev-list.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,99 @@ include::rev-list-options.txt[]
 
 include::pretty-formats.txt[]
 
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+* Print the list of commits reachable from the current branch.
++
+----------
+git rev-list HEAD
+----------
+
+* Print the list of commits on this branch, but not present in the
+  upstream branch.
++
+----------
+git rev-list @{upstream}..HEAD
+----------
+
+* Format commits with their author and commit message (see also the
+  porcelain linkgit:git-log[1]).
++
+----------
+git rev-list --format=medium HEAD
+----------
+
+* Format commits along with their diffs (see also the porcelain
+  linkgit:git-log[1], which can do this in a single process).
++
+----------
+git rev-list HEAD |
+git diff-tree --stdin --format=medium -p
+----------
+
+* Print the list of commits on the current branch that touched any
+  file in the `Documentation` directory.
++
+----------
+git rev-list HEAD -- Documentation/
+----------
+
+* Print the list of commits authored by you in the past year, on
+  any branch, tag, or other ref.
++
+----------
+git rev-list --author=you@example.com --since=1.year.ago --all
+----------
+
+* Print the list of objects reachable from the current branch (i.e., all
+  commits and the blobs and trees they contain).
++
+----------
+git rev-list --objects HEAD
+----------
+
+* Compare the disk size of all reachable objects, versus those
+  reachable from reflogs, versus the total packed size. This can tell
+  you whether running `git repack -ad` might reduce the repository size
+  (by dropping unreachable objects), and whether expiring reflogs might
+  help.
++
+----------
+# reachable objects
+git rev-list --disk-usage --objects --all
+# plus reflogs
+git rev-list --disk-usage --objects --all --reflog
+# total disk size used
+du -c .git/objects/pack/*.pack .git/objects/??/*
+# alternative to du: add up "size" and "size-pack" fields
+git count-objects -v
+----------
+
+* Report the disk size of each branch, not including objects used by the
+  current branch. This can find outliers that are contributing to a
+  bloated repository size (e.g., because somebody accidentally committed
+  large build artifacts).
++
+----------
+git for-each-ref --format='%(refname)' |
+while read branch
+do
+	size=$(git rev-list --disk-usage --objects HEAD..$branch)
+	echo "$size $branch"
+done |
+sort -n
+----------
+
+* Compare the on-disk size of branches in one group of refs, excluding
+  another. If you co-mingle objects from multiple remotes in a single
+  repository, this can show which remotes are contributing to the
+  repository size (taking the size of `origin` as a baseline).
++
+----------
+git rev-list --disk-usage --objects --remotes=$suspect --not --remotes=origin
+----------
+
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite