diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/internal/CLIText.properties b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/internal/CLIText.properties
index c0ecc8391..8a77bf928 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/internal/CLIText.properties
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/pgm/internal/CLIText.properties
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ unsupportedOperation=Unsupported operation: {0}
 untrackedFiles=Untracked files:
 updating=Updating {0}..{1}
 usage_Aggressive=This option will cause gc to more aggressively optimize the repository at the expense of taking much more time
+usage_bareClone=Make a bare Git repository. That is, instead of creating [DIRECTORY] and placing the administrative files in [DIRECTORY]/.git, make the [DIRECTORY] itself the $GIT_DIR.
 usage_Blame=Show what revision and author last modified each line
 usage_CommandLineClientForamazonsS3Service=Command line client for Amazon's S3 service
 usage_CommitAll=commit all modified and deleted files