diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
index 8488202e3c1..370f53e7699 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git-clone - Clones a repository.
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git-clone' [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [--naked] [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>]
+'git-clone' [-l [-s]] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>]
 	  <repository> [<directory>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ OPTIONS
 -n::
 	No checkout of HEAD is performed after the clone is complete.
 
---naked::
-	Make a 'naked' GIT repository.  That is, instead of
+--bare::
+	Make a 'bare' GIT repository.  That is, instead of
 	creating `<directory>` and placing the administrative
 	files in `<directory>/.git`, make the `<directory>`
 	itself the `$GIT_DIR`. This implies `-n` option.
@@ -110,17 +110,17 @@ $ git show-branch
 ------------
 
 
-Create a naked repository to publish your changes to the public::
+Create a bare repository to publish your changes to the public::
 +
 ------------
-$ git clone --naked -l /home/proj/.git /pub/scm/proj.git
+$ git clone --bare -l /home/proj/.git /pub/scm/proj.git
 ------------
 
 
 Create a repository on the kernel.org machine that borrows from Linus::
 +
 ------------
-$ git clone --naked -l -s /pub/scm/.../torvalds/linux-2.6.git \
+$ git clone --bare -l -s /pub/scm/.../torvalds/linux-2.6.git \
     /pub/scm/.../me/subsys-2.6.git
 ------------
 
diff --git a/Documentation/repository-layout.txt b/Documentation/repository-layout.txt
index 0347cabbb33..1f19bf86dd1 100644
--- a/Documentation/repository-layout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/repository-layout.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git repository layout
 
 You may find these things in your git repository (`.git`
 directory for a repository associated with your working tree, or
-`'project'.git` directory for a public 'naked' repository).
+`'project'.git` directory for a public 'bare' repository).
 
 objects::
 	Object store associated with this repository.  Usually
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ HEAD::
 	A symlink of the form `refs/heads/'name'` to point at
 	the current branch, if exists.  It does not mean much if
 	the repository is not associated with any working tree
-	(i.e. 'naked' repository), but a valid git repository
+	(i.e. a 'bare' repository), but a valid git repository
 	*must* have such a symlink here.  It is legal if the
 	named branch 'name' does not (yet) exist.
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ hooks::
 
 index::
 	The current index file for the repository.  It is
-	usually not found in a naked repository.
+	usually not found in a bare repository.
 
 info::
 	Additional information about the repository is recorded
diff --git a/git-clone.sh b/git-clone.sh
index ded40856c53..8e652023203 100755
--- a/git-clone.sh
+++ b/git-clone.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 unset CDPATH
 
 usage() {
-	echo >&2 "Usage: $0 [--naked] [-l [-s]] [-q] [-u <upload-pack>] [-o <name>] [-n] <repo> [<dir>]"
+	echo >&2 "Usage: $0 [--bare] [-l [-s]] [-q] [-u <upload-pack>] [-o <name>] [-n] <repo> [<dir>]"
 	exit 1
 }
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ use_local=no
 local_shared=no
 no_checkout=
 upload_pack=
-naked=
+bare=
 origin=origin
 while
 	case "$#,$1" in
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ while
 	*,-n|*,--no|*,--no-|*,--no-c|*,--no-ch|*,--no-che|*,--no-chec|\
 	*,--no-check|*,--no-checko|*,--no-checkou|*,--no-checkout)
 	  no_checkout=yes ;;
-	*,--na|*,--nak|*,--nake|*,--naked) naked=yes ;;
+	*,--na|*,--nak|*,--nake|*,--naked|\
+	*,-b|*,--b|*,--ba|*,--bar|*,--bare) bare=yes ;;
 	*,-l|*,--l|*,--lo|*,--loc|*,--loca|*,--local) use_local=yes ;;
         *,-s|*,--s|*,--sh|*,--sha|*,--shar|*,--share|*,--shared) 
           local_shared=yes; use_local=yes ;;
@@ -85,8 +86,8 @@ do
 	shift
 done
 
-# --naked implies --no-checkout
-test -z "$naked" || no_checkout=yes
+# --bare implies --no-checkout
+test =z "$bare" || no_checkout=yes
 
 # Turn the source into an absolute path if
 # it is local
@@ -103,11 +104,11 @@ dir="$2"
 [ -e "$dir" ] && echo "$dir already exists." && usage
 mkdir -p "$dir" &&
 D=$(cd "$dir" && pwd) &&
-case "$naked" in
+case "$bare" in
 yes) GIT_DIR="$D" ;;
 *) GIT_DIR="$D/.git" ;;
 esac && export GIT_DIR && git-init-db || usage
-case "$naked" in
+case "$bare" in
 yes)
 	GIT_DIR="$D" ;;
 *)