diff --git a/Documentation/config/core.txt b/Documentation/config/core.txt
index c04f62a54a15..4f6e519bc025 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-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
index 2853f168d976..c7c31b3fcf9c 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 b51959ff9418..b7d5e926f7b0 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.
