diff --git a/doc/bugs/Deleted_files_during_merge.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Deleted_files_during_merge.mdwn
index 8786a1e639..63ef1de7d4 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/Deleted_files_during_merge.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/Deleted_files_during_merge.mdwn
@@ -2128,3 +2128,11 @@ rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(226) [sender=3.1.1]
 
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+
+> This seems very like the problem described in
+> [[git_annex_still_deleting_content_when_merging]]. Without a way to
+> reproduce it, I can't tell for sure, but the circumstances of both seem
+> the same. I'm going to close this as a duplicate, and have updated the
+> other bug report to point to it as more evidence of the bug. [[done]]
+
+[[!meta title="Assistant deleted modified file during merge"]]
diff --git a/doc/bugs/git_annex_still_deleting_content_when_merging.mdwn b/doc/bugs/git_annex_still_deleting_content_when_merging.mdwn
index dddef7b362..872b699c0d 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/git_annex_still_deleting_content_when_merging.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/git_annex_still_deleting_content_when_merging.mdwn
@@ -86,3 +86,12 @@ From ssh://git-annex-asus.local-USER-A_22_sincro/~/sincro
 
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+
+> [[Deleted_files_during_merge]] seems like much the same problem.
+> In both that bug report and this one, the file that gets deleted on B was
+> earlier modifed on A. There is a small difference, in that in this bug
+> report, A made 2 commits, first deleting the file and then adding back a
+> new version. In the other bug report, A made just 1 commit, changing the
+> file. --[[Joey]]
+
+[[!meta title="Assistant deleted file when merging"]]