diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
index dbc91f9..8ebeced 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-tree.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ in the current working directory.  Note that:
    However, the current working directory can be ignored by passing
    --full-tree option.
 
+ - the behaviour is different to that of "/bin/ls" in sofar as non-existing
+   '<path>' arguments are silently ignored and not reflected in the exit
+   status code.
+
 OPTIONS
 -------
 <tree-ish>::