diff --git a/Documentation/config/init.txt b/Documentation/config/init.txt
index 79c79d6617..dd1d833273 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/init.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/init.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-init.templateDir::
-	Specify the directory from which templates will be copied.
-	(See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].)
+:see-git-init:
+ifndef::git-init[]
+:see-git-init: (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section of linkgit:git-init[1].)
+endif::[]
 
+init.templateDir::
+	Specify the directory from which templates will be copied. {see-git-init}
 init.defaultBranch::
 	Allows overriding the default branch name e.g. when initializing
 	a new repository.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt
index 5fce39040f..2f864e11ed 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-init.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ CONFIGURATION
 
 include::includes/cmd-config-section-all.txt[]
 
+:git-init:
+
 include::config/init.txt[]
 
 GIT