diff --git a/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt b/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt
index 93910d92d4..6d861a5fd2 100644
--- a/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config-gerrit.txt
@@ -4537,9 +4537,8 @@ Defaults to 0 seconds, wait indefinitely.
 [[upload]]
 === Section upload
 
-Sets the group of users allowed to execute 'upload-pack' on the
-server, 'upload-pack' is what runs on the server during a user's
-fetch, clone or repo sync command.
+Options to control the behavior of `upload-pack` on the server side,
+which handles a user's fetch, clone, or repo sync command.
 
 ----
 [upload]
@@ -4549,8 +4548,8 @@ fetch, clone or repo sync command.
 
 [[upload.allowGroup]]upload.allowGroup::
 +
-Name of the groups of users that are allowed to execute 'upload-pack'
-on the server. One or more groups can be set.
+Name of the groups of users that are allowed to execute 'upload-pack'.
+One or more groups can be set.
 +
 If no groups are added, any user will be allowed to execute
 'upload-pack' on the server.
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/receive/HookUtil.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/HookUtil.java
similarity index 89%
rename from gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/receive/HookUtil.java
rename to gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/HookUtil.java
index 90b220aa0d..1762b95ba0 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/receive/HookUtil.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/HookUtil.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-package com.google.gerrit.server.git.receive;
+package com.google.gerrit.server.git;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.RefDatabase;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.BaseReceivePack;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.ServiceMayNotContinueException;
 
-/** Static utilities for writing {@link ReceiveCommits}-related hooks. */
-class HookUtil {
+/** Static utilities for writing git protocol hooks. */
+public class HookUtil {
   /**
    * Scan and advertise all refs in the repo if refs have not already been advertised; otherwise,
    * just return the advertised map.
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class HookUtil {
    * @return map of refs that were advertised.
    * @throws ServiceMayNotContinueException if a problem occurred.
    */
-  static Map<String, Ref> ensureAllRefsAdvertised(BaseReceivePack rp)
+  public static Map<String, Ref> ensureAllRefsAdvertised(BaseReceivePack rp)
       throws ServiceMayNotContinueException {
     Map<String, Ref> refs = rp.getAdvertisedRefs();
     if (refs != null) {
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/receive/AllRefsWatcher.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/receive/AllRefsWatcher.java
index 4afaacd242..c092c432d5 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/receive/AllRefsWatcher.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/receive/AllRefsWatcher.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package com.google.gerrit.server.git.receive;
 
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState;
 
+import com.google.gerrit.server.git.HookUtil;
 import java.util.Map;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Ref;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.AdvertiseRefsHook;
diff --git a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/receive/ReceiveCommitsAdvertiseRefsHook.java b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/receive/ReceiveCommitsAdvertiseRefsHook.java
index 3645392f89..a90668a58d 100644
--- a/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/receive/ReceiveCommitsAdvertiseRefsHook.java
+++ b/gerrit-server/src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/server/git/receive/ReceiveCommitsAdvertiseRefsHook.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.PatchSet;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.RefNames;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.git.HookUtil;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.index.change.ChangeField;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.query.change.ChangeData;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.query.change.InternalChangeQuery;