diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
index 33895e09b2..e4da7de377 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ Supported SRC_URI options are:
    For local git:// urls to use the current branch HEAD as the
revision for use with
    AUTOREV. Implies nobranch.

+- lfs
+    Enable the checkout to use LFS for large files. This will
download all LFS files
+    in the download step, as the unpack step does not have network access.
+    The default is "1", set lfs=0 to skip.
+
 """