diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ If a `save-artifacts` script exists, a prior image already exists, and the `--in
 
 1. [Docker](http://www.docker.io) >= 1.6
 1. [Go](http://golang.org/) >= 1.4
+1. (optional) [Git](https://git-scm.com/) 
 
 
 # Installation
diff --git a/docs/cli.md b/docs/cli.md
index ffd094b6c..5dd3d6a64 100644
--- a/docs/cli.md
+++ b/docs/cli.md
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ that image and add them to the tar streamed to the container into `/artifacts`.
 | `--save-temp-dir`          | Save the working directory used for fetching scripts and sources |
 | `--context-dir`            | Specify the directory containing your application (if not located within the root path) |
 | `-s (--scripts-url)`       | URL of S2I scripts (see [S2I Scripts](https://github.com/openshift/source-to-image/blob/master/docs/builder_image.md#s2i-scripts)) |
+| `--recursive`              | Perform recursive git clone when getting sources using git|
 | `-q (--quiet)`             | Operate quietly, suppressing all non-error output |
 
 #### Context directory
@@ -121,9 +122,14 @@ Build a Node.js application from a local directory, using a local image, the res
 image will be named `nodejs-app`:
 
 ```
-$ s2i build --force-pull=false ~/nodejs-app local-nodejs-builder nodejs-app
+$ s2i build --force-pull=false /home/user/nodejs-app local-nodejs-builder nodejs-app
 ```
 
+In case of building from the local directory, the sources will be copied into
+the builder images using plain filesystem copy and the output image will not
+have the Git specific labels. Use this method only for development or local
+testing.
+
 Build a Java application from a GIT source, using the official `wildfly-8-centos`
 builder image but overriding the scripts URL from local directory.  The resulting
 image will be named `java-app`: