diff --git a/pkgs/net-pkgs/net-doc/net/scribblings/git-checkout.scrbl b/pkgs/net-pkgs/net-doc/net/scribblings/git-checkout.scrbl
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+#lang scribble/doc
+@(require "common.rkt"
+          (for-label net/git-checkout))
+
+@title[#:tag "git-checkout"]{Git Repository Checkout}
+
+@defmodule[net/git-checkout]{The @racketmodname[net/git-checkout]
+library provides support for extracting a directory tree from a Git
+repository that is hosted by a server that implements @tt{git://}
+protocol. The @racketmodname[net/git-checkout] library does not rely
+on external binaries (such as a @exec{git} client) or native libraries
+(such as @filepath{libgit}).}
+
+When run as a program, @racket[net/git-checkout] accepts command-line
+arguments to drive the checkout. Use
+@;
+@commandline{racket -l- net/git-checkout -h}
+@;
+for information on command-line arguments and flags.
+
+@defproc[(git-checkout [hostname string?]
+                       [repository string?]
+                       [#:dest-dir dest-dir path-string?]
+                       [#:ref ref string? "master"]
+                       [#:depth depth (or/c #f positive-exact-integer?) 1]
+                       [#:quiet? quiet? any/c #f]
+                       [#:tmp-dir given-tmp-dir (or/c #f path-string?) #f]
+                       [#:clean-tmp-dir? clean-tmp-dir? any/c (not given-tmp-dir)]
+                       [#:port port (integer-in 1 65535) 9418])
+         void?]{
+
+Contacts the @tt{git://} server at @racket[hostname] and @racket[port]
+to download the repository whose name on the server is
+@racket[repository] (normally ending in @filepath{.git}).  The tree
+within the repository that is identified by @racket[ref] (which can be
+a branch, tag, commit ID, or tree ID) is extracted to
+@racket[dest-dir].
+
+A local clone of the repository is @emph{not} preserved, but is
+instead discarded after the tree is extracted to @racket[dest-dir].
+If @racket[dest-dir] does not exist, it is created. If
+@racket[dest-dir] does exist, its existing content is left in place
+except as replaced by content from the Git repository.
+
+If @racket[ref] identifies a branch or tag by either name or by
+commit ID, then the @tt{git://} protocol allows @racket[git-checkout]
+to download only the commits and objects relevant to the branch or
+tag. Furthermore, the default @racket[depth] argument allows
+@racket[git-checkout] to obtain only the latest commit and its
+objects, instead of the entire history of the branch or commit.  If
+@racket[ref] is any other commit ID or tree ID, then the entire
+repository is downloaded, including all branches.
+
+Status information is reported to the current output port unless
+@racket[quiet?] is true. The same information is always logged with
+the name @racket['git-checkout] at the @racket['info] level.
+
+If @racket[tmp-dir] is not @racket[#f], then it is used to store a
+temporary clone of the repository, and the files are preserved unless
+@racket[clean-tmp-dir?] is true. The clone does not currently match
+the shape that is recognized by other tools, such as @exec{git}, and
+so a preserved temporary directory is useful mainly for debugging.
+
+@history[#:added "6.1.1.1"]}
diff --git a/pkgs/net-pkgs/net-doc/net/scribblings/net.scrbl b/pkgs/net-pkgs/net-doc/net/scribblings/net.scrbl
index dca5945502..6c7ecd2e7f 100644
--- a/pkgs/net-pkgs/net-doc/net/scribblings/net.scrbl
+++ b/pkgs/net-pkgs/net-doc/net/scribblings/net.scrbl
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 @include-section["ssl-tcp-unit.scrbl"]
 @include-section["cgi.scrbl"]
 @include-section["cookie.scrbl"]
+@include-section["git-checkout.scrbl"]
 
 @(bibliography