diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml
index 0ed440d79c6..a6c3c2033c3 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml
@@ -391,6 +391,11 @@ systemd.services.nginx.serviceConfig.ReadWritePaths = [ "/var/www" ];
       This matches the autotools convention for env vars which standard for these things, making interfacing with other tools easier.
    </para>
    </listitem>
+   <listitem>
+   <para>
+     Additional Git documentation (HTML and text files) is now available via the <literal>git-doc</literal> package.
+   </para>
+   </listitem>
   </itemizedlist>
  </section>
 </section>
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
index c591ef554ee..48fa002463b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/default.nix
@@ -82,6 +82,14 @@ let
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreFoundation Security;
   };
 
+  git-doc = lib.addMetaAttrs {
+    description = "Additional documentation for Git";
+    longDescription = ''
+      This package contains additional documentation (HTML and text files) that
+      is referenced in the man pages of Git.
+    '';
+  } gitFull.doc;
+
   git-extras = callPackage ./git-extras { };
 
   git-fame = callPackage ./git-fame {};
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 680177a2610..7df73a2ec1c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19720,7 +19720,7 @@ in
 
   gitAndTools = recurseIntoAttrs (callPackage ../applications/version-management/git-and-tools {});
 
-  inherit (gitAndTools) git gitFull gitSVN git-cola svn2git git-radar git-secret git-secrets transcrypt git-crypt ghq;
+  inherit (gitAndTools) git gitFull gitSVN git-cola git-doc svn2git git-radar git-secret git-secrets transcrypt git-crypt ghq;
 
   gitMinimal = git.override {
     withManual = false;