diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index d5776ffcfd..222b556d7a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -678,7 +678,6 @@ config key: svn.authorsProg
 --strategy=<strategy>::
 -p::
 --rebase-merges::
---preserve-merges (DEPRECATED)::
 	These are only used with the 'dcommit' and 'rebase' commands.
 +
 Passed directly to 'git rebase' when using 'dcommit' if a
diff --git a/git-svn.perl b/git-svn.perl
index 70cb5e2a83..be987e316f 100755
--- a/git-svn.perl
+++ b/git-svn.perl
@@ -273,7 +273,6 @@ my %cmd = (
 			  'fetch-all|all' => \$_fetch_all,
 			  'dry-run|n' => \$_dry_run,
 			  'rebase-merges|p' => \$_rebase_merges,
-			  'preserve-merges|p' => \$_rebase_merges,
 			  %fc_opts } ],
 	'commit-diff' => [ \&cmd_commit_diff,
 	                   'Commit a diff between two trees',