diff --git a/contrib/git-svn/git-svn.perl b/contrib/git-svn/git-svn.perl

index 7c44450..de13a96 100755

--- a/contrib/git-svn/git-svn.perl

+++ b/contrib/git-svn/git-svn.perl

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use vars qw/	$AUTHOR $VERSION

 		$GIT_SVN_INDEX $GIT_SVN

 		$GIT_DIR $REV_DIR/;

 $AUTHOR = 'Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>';

-$VERSION = '0.11.0';

+$VERSION = '1.0.0';

 use Cwd qw/abs_path/;

 $GIT_DIR = abs_path($ENV{GIT_DIR} || '.git');

@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ my %fc_opts = ( 'no-ignore-externals' =>

 my %cmd = (

 	fetch => [ \&fetch, "Download new revisions from SVN",

 			{ 'revision|r=s' => \$_revision, %fc_opts } ],

-	init => [ \&init, "Initialize and fetch (import)", { } ],

+	init => [ \&init, "Initialize a repo for tracking" .

+			  " (requires URL argument)", { } ],

 	commit => [ \&commit, "Commit git revisions to SVN",

 			{	'stdin|' => \$_stdin,

 				'edit|e' => \$_edit,

@@ -220,7 +221,8 @@ when you have upgraded your tools and ha

 }

 sub init {

-	$SVN_URL = shift or croak "SVN repository location required\n";

+	$SVN_URL = shift or die "SVN repository location required " .

+				"as a command-line argument\n";

 	unless (-d $GIT_DIR) {

 		sys('git-init-db');

 	}

diff --git a/contrib/git-svn/git-svn.txt b/contrib/git-svn/git-svn.txt

index e18fcaf..f7d3de4 100644

--- a/contrib/git-svn/git-svn.txt

+++ b/contrib/git-svn/git-svn.txt

@@ -36,17 +36,22 @@ COMMANDS

 --------

 init::

 	Creates an empty git repository with additional metadata

-	directories for git-svn.  The SVN_URL must be specified

-	at this point.

+	directories for git-svn.  The Subversion URL must be specified

+	as a command-line argument.

 fetch::

-	Fetch unfetched revisions from the SVN_URL we are tracking.

-	refs/heads/remotes/git-svn will be updated to the latest revision.

+	Fetch unfetched revisions from the Subversion URL we are

+	tracking.  refs/remotes/git-svn will be updated to the

+	latest revision.

-	Note: You should never attempt to modify the remotes/git-svn branch

-	outside of git-svn.  Instead, create a branch from remotes/git-svn

-	and work on that branch.  Use the 'commit' command (see below)

-	to write git commits back to remotes/git-svn.

+	Note: You should never attempt to modify the remotes/git-svn

+	branch outside of git-svn.  Instead, create a branch from

+	remotes/git-svn and work on that branch.  Use the 'commit'

+	command (see below) to write git commits back to

+	remotes/git-svn.

+

+	See 'Additional Fetch Arguments' if you are interested in

+	manually joining branches on commit.

 commit::

 	Commit specified commit or tree objects to SVN.  This relies on

@@ -62,9 +67,9 @@ rebuild::

 	tracked with git-svn.  Unfortunately, git-clone does not clone

 	git-svn metadata and the svn working tree that git-svn uses for

 	its operations.  This rebuilds the metadata so git-svn can

-	resume fetch operations.  SVN_URL may be optionally specified if

-	the directory/repository you're tracking has moved or changed

-	protocols.

+	resume fetch operations.  A Subversion URL may be optionally

+	specified at the command-line if the directory/repository you're

+	tracking has moved or changed protocols.

 show-ignore::

 	Recursively finds and lists the svn:ignore property on

@@ -123,6 +128,24 @@ OPTIONS

 	repo-config key: svn.l

 	repo-config key: svn.findcopiesharder

+-A<filename>::

+--authors-file=<filename>::

+

+	Syntax is compatible with the files used by git-svnimport and

+	git-cvsimport:

+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------

+loginname = Joe User <user@example.com>

+------------------------------------------------------------------------

+

+	If this option is specified and git-svn encounters an SVN

+	committer name that does not exist in the authors-file, git-svn

+	will abort operation. The user will then have to add the

+	appropriate entry.  Re-running the previous git-svn command

+	after the authors-file is modified should continue operation.

+

+	repo-config key: svn.authors-file

+

 ADVANCED OPTIONS

 ----------------

 -b<refname>::