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diff --git a/git-email.el b/git-email.el
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--- a/git-email.el
+++ b/git-email.el
@@ -53,7 +53,31 @@
'("subject" "from" "in-reply-to" "message-id")
"List of headers that should get inserted into the message buffer.
The 'to' address will always be inserted based on the 'sendemail.to' variable
-in you git config. If the variable is not set, the 'to' address will be empty."
+in you git config. If the variable is not set, the 'to' address will be empty.
+
+To insert the 'references' header, you have to set `message-header-format-alist'
+to something like this.
+
+ (setq message-header-format-alist
+ '((From)
+ (Newsgroups)
+ (To)
+ (Cc)
+ (Subject)
+ (In-Reply-To)
+ (Fcc)
+ (Bcc)
+ (Date)
+ (Organization)
+ (Distribution)
+ (Lines)
+ (Expires)
+ (Message-ID)
+ (References)
+ (User-Agent)))
+
+Otherwise `mail-header-format' will try to parse it differently, which we don't
+want."
:group 'git-email
:type '(string))