diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index 228de4f3..734937f6 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ include $(top_srcdir)/gtk-doc.make
 man1_MANS =
 
 if ENABLE_GTK_DOC
-man1_MANS += ostree.1 ostree.repo.5 ostree.repo-config.5 ostree-admin-cleanup.1 ostree-admin-config-diff.1 ostree-admin-deploy.1 ostree-admin-init-fs.1 ostree-admin-instutil.1 ostree-admin-os-init.1 ostree-admin-status.1 ostree-admin-switch.1 ostree-admin-undeploy.1 ostree-admin-upgrade.1 ostree-admin.1 ostree-cat.1 ostree-checkout.1 ostree-checksum.1 ostree-commit.1 ostree-config.1 ostree-diff.1 ostree-fsck.1 ostree-init.1 ostree-log.1 ostree-ls.1 ostree-prune.1 ostree-pull-local.1 ostree-pull.1 ostree-refs.1 ostree-remote.1 ostree-reset.1 ostree-rev-parse.1 ostree-show.1 ostree-static-delta.1 ostree-trivial-httpd.1
+man1_MANS += ostree.1 ostree.repo.5 ostree.repo-config.5 ostree-admin-cleanup.1 ostree-admin-config-diff.1 ostree-admin-deploy.1 ostree-admin-init-fs.1 ostree-admin-instutil.1 ostree-admin-os-init.1 ostree-admin-status.1 ostree-admin-switch.1 ostree-admin-undeploy.1 ostree-admin-upgrade.1 ostree-admin.1 ostree-cat.1 ostree-checkout.1 ostree-checksum.1 ostree-commit.1 ostree-config.1 ostree-diff.1 ostree-fsck.1 ostree-init.1 ostree-log.1 ostree-ls.1 ostree-prune.1 ostree-pull-local.1 ostree-pull.1 ostree-refs.1 ostree-remote.1 ostree-reset.1 ostree-rev-parse.1 ostree-show.1 ostree-summary.1 ostree-static-delta.1 ostree-trivial-httpd.1
 
 
 XSLTPROC_FLAGS = \
diff --git a/doc/ostree-summary.xml b/doc/ostree-summary.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f19074fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/ostree-summary.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+    "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<!--
+Copyright 2014 Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org>
+
+This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+License along with this library; if not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+-->
+
+<refentry id="ostree">
+
+    <refentryinfo>
+        <title>ostree summary</title>
+        <productname>OSTree</productname>
+
+        <authorgroup>
+            <author>
+                <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+                <firstname>Colin</firstname>
+                <surname>Walters</surname>
+                <email>walters@verbum.org</email>
+            </author>
+        </authorgroup>
+    </refentryinfo>
+
+    <refmeta>
+        <refentrytitle>ostree summary</refentrytitle>
+        <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+    </refmeta>
+
+    <refnamediv>
+        <refname>ostree-summary</refname>
+        <refpurpose>Regenerate the summary metadata file</refpurpose>
+    </refnamediv>
+
+    <refsynopsisdiv>
+            <cmdsynopsis>
+                <command>ostree summary <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg></command>
+            </cmdsynopsis>
+    </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+    <refsect1>
+        <title>Description</title>
+
+        <para>
+	  The <filename>summary</filename> file is an optional higher
+	  level form of repository metadata that describes the
+	  available branches.  It needs to be manually regenerated after
+	  a series of commits.  Among other things, this allows atomically
+	  updating multiple commits.
+        </para>
+    </refsect1>
+
+    <refsect1>
+        <title>Options</title>
+
+        <variablelist>
+            <varlistentry>
+                <term><option>-u</option></term>
+
+                <listitem><para>
+		  Update the summary file.
+                </para></listitem>
+            </varlistentry>
+        </variablelist>
+    </refsect1>
+</refentry>
diff --git a/doc/ostree.xml b/doc/ostree.xml
index 00ca7f74..5a93be69 100644
--- a/doc/ostree.xml
+++ b/doc/ostree.xml
@@ -384,6 +384,14 @@ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
                 </para></listitem>
             </varlistentry>
 
+            <varlistentry>
+                <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ostree-summary</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+
+                <listitem><para>
+                    &nbsp;Regenerate the repository summary metadata.
+                </para></listitem>
+            </varlistentry>
+
             <varlistentry>
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ostree-trivial-httpd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>