diff --git a/Documentation/config/core.txt b/Documentation/config/core.txt
index c04f62a54a1..4f6e519bc02 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/core.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/core.txt
@@ -62,22 +62,50 @@ core.protectNTFS::
 	Defaults to `true` on Windows, and `false` elsewhere.
 
 core.fsmonitor::
-	If set, the value of this variable is used as a command which
-	will identify all files that may have changed since the
-	requested date/time. This information is used to speed up git by
-	avoiding unnecessary processing of files that have not changed.
-	See the "fsmonitor-watchman" section of linkgit:githooks[5].
+	If set, this variable contains the pathname of the "fsmonitor"
+	hook command.
++
+This hook command is used to identify all files that may have changed
+since the requested date/time. This information is used to speed up
+git by avoiding unnecessary scanning of files that have not changed.
++
+See the "fsmonitor-watchman" section of linkgit:githooks[5].
++
+Note: The value of this config setting is ignored if the
+built-in file system monitor is enabled (see `core.useBuiltinFSMonitor`).
 
 core.fsmonitorHookVersion::
-	Sets the version of hook that is to be used when calling fsmonitor.
-	There are currently versions 1 and 2. When this is not set,
-	version 2 will be tried first and if it fails then version 1
-	will be tried. Version 1 uses a timestamp as input to determine
-	which files have changes since that time but some monitors
-	like watchman have race conditions when used with a timestamp.
-	Version 2 uses an opaque string so that the monitor can return
-	something that can be used to determine what files have changed
-	without race conditions.
+	Sets the protocol version to be used when invoking the
+	"fsmonitor" hook.
++
+There are currently versions 1 and 2. When this is not set,
+version 2 will be tried first and if it fails then version 1
+will be tried. Version 1 uses a timestamp as input to determine
+which files have changes since that time but some monitors
+like Watchman have race conditions when used with a timestamp.
+Version 2 uses an opaque string so that the monitor can return
+something that can be used to determine what files have changed
+without race conditions.
++
+Note: The value of this config setting is ignored if the
+built-in file system monitor is enabled (see `core.useBuiltinFSMonitor`).
+
+core.useBuiltinFSMonitor::
+	If set to true, enable the built-in file system monitor
+	daemon for this working directory (linkgit:git-fsmonitor--daemon[1]).
++
+Like hook-based file system monitors, the built-in file system monitor
+can speed up Git commands that need to refresh the Git index
+(e.g. `git status`) in a working directory with many files.  The
+built-in monitor eliminates the need to install and maintain an
+external third-party tool.
++
+The built-in file system monitor is currently available only on a
+limited set of supported platforms.  Currently, this includes Windows
+and MacOS.
++
+Note: if this config setting is set to `true`, the values of
+`core.fsmonitor` and `core.fsmonitorHookVersion` are ignored.
 
 core.trustctime::
 	If false, the ctime differences between the index and the
diff --git a/Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt b/Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..154e7684daa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/git-fsmonitor--daemon.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+git-fsmonitor--daemon(1)
+========================
+
+NAME
+----
+git-fsmonitor--daemon - A Built-in File System Monitor
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'git fsmonitor--daemon' start
+'git fsmonitor--daemon' run
+'git fsmonitor--daemon' stop
+'git fsmonitor--daemon' status
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+
+A daemon to watch the working directory for file and directory
+changes using platform-specific file system notification facilities.
+
+This daemon communicates directly with commands like `git status`
+using the link:technical/api-simple-ipc.html[simple IPC] interface
+instead of the slower linkgit:githooks[5] interface.
+
+This daemon is built into Git so that no third-party tools are
+required.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+
+start::
+	Starts a daemon in the background.
+
+run::
+	Runs a daemon in the foreground.
+
+stop::
+	Stops the daemon running in the current working
+	directory, if present.
+
+status::
+	Exits with zero status if a daemon is watching the
+	current working directory.
+
+REMARKS
+-------
+
+This daemon is a long running process used to watch a single working
+directory and maintain a list of the recently changed files and
+directories.  Performance of commands such as `git status` can be
+increased if they just ask for a summary of changes to the working
+directory and can avoid scanning the disk.
+
+When `core.useBuiltinFSMonitor` is set to `true` (see
+linkgit:git-config[1]) commands, such as `git status`, will ask the
+daemon for changes and automatically start it (if necessary).
+
+For more information see the "File System Monitor" section in
+linkgit:git-update-index[1].
+
+CAVEATS
+-------
+
+The fsmonitor daemon does not currently know about submodules and does
+not know to filter out file system events that happen within a
+submodule.  If fsmonitor daemon is watching a super repo and a file is
+modified within the working directory of a submodule, it will report
+the change (as happening against the super repo).  However, the client
+will properly ignore these extra events, so performance may be affected
+but it will not cause an incorrect result.
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
index 2853f168d97..c7c31b3fcf9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
@@ -498,7 +498,9 @@ FILE SYSTEM MONITOR
 This feature is intended to speed up git operations for repos that have
 large working directories.
 
-It enables git to work together with a file system monitor (see the
+It enables git to work together with a file system monitor (see
+linkgit:git-fsmonitor--daemon[1]
+and the
 "fsmonitor-watchman" section of linkgit:githooks[5]) that can
 inform it as to what files have been modified. This enables git to avoid
 having to lstat() every file to find modified files.
@@ -508,17 +510,18 @@ performance by avoiding the cost of scanning the entire working directory
 looking for new files.
 
 If you want to enable (or disable) this feature, it is easier to use
-the `core.fsmonitor` configuration variable (see
-linkgit:git-config[1]) than using the `--fsmonitor` option to
-`git update-index` in each repository, especially if you want to do so
-across all repositories you use, because you can set the configuration
-variable in your `$HOME/.gitconfig` just once and have it affect all
-repositories you touch.
-
-When the `core.fsmonitor` configuration variable is changed, the
-file system monitor is added to or removed from the index the next time
-a command reads the index. When `--[no-]fsmonitor` are used, the file
-system monitor is immediately added to or removed from the index.
+the `core.fsmonitor` or `core.useBuiltinFSMonitor` configuration
+variable (see linkgit:git-config[1]) than using the `--fsmonitor`
+option to `git update-index` in each repository, especially if you
+want to do so across all repositories you use, because you can set the
+configuration variable in your `$HOME/.gitconfig` just once and have
+it affect all repositories you touch.
+
+When the `core.fsmonitor` or `core.useBuiltinFSMonitor` configuration
+variable is changed, the file system monitor is added to or removed
+from the index the next time a command reads the index. When
+`--[no-]fsmonitor` are used, the file system monitor is immediately
+added to or removed from the index.
 
 CONFIGURATION
 -------------
diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt
index b51959ff941..b7d5e926f7b 100644
--- a/Documentation/githooks.txt
+++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt
@@ -593,7 +593,8 @@ fsmonitor-watchman
 
 This hook is invoked when the configuration option `core.fsmonitor` is
 set to `.git/hooks/fsmonitor-watchman` or `.git/hooks/fsmonitor-watchmanv2`
-depending on the version of the hook to use.
+depending on the version of the hook to use, unless overridden via
+`core.useBuiltinFSMonitor` (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
 
 Version 1 takes two arguments, a version (1) and the time in elapsed
 nanoseconds since midnight, January 1, 1970.
