diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index df75374..006312c 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ And here's how to use it!
         -e, --set-email TEMPLATE         Set the email template. A value like devs@example.com
                                          will be interpolated with the current authors' initials
                                          into something like devs+aa+bb@example.com.
+        -x, --reset                      Reset to name and email in global config.
 
     Switching authors:
       git pair AA [BB]                   Where AA and BB are any abbreviation of an
diff --git a/bin/git-pair b/bin/git-pair
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 44e28f2..979be11
--- a/bin/git-pair
+++ b/bin/git-pair
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ begin
     opts.on("-e", "--set-email TEMPLATE", "Set the email template. A value like devs@example.com",
                                           "will be interpolated with the current authors' initials",
                                           "into something like devs+aa+bb@example.com.") { |email| GitPair::Commands.set_email_template email }
+    opts.on("-x", "--reset",    "Reset to name and email in global config.") { GitPair::Commands.reset }
 
     opts.separator " "
     opts.separator ["#{$reverse} Switching authors: #{$reset}",
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ begin
   elsif unused_options.any?
     GitPair::Commands.switch(unused_options)
     puts GitPair::Helpers.display_string_for_current_info
+  elsif GitPair::Commands.reset?
+    puts GitPair::Helpers.display_string_for_current_info
   elsif ARGV.empty?
     puts parser.help
   end
diff --git a/lib/git-pair.rb b/lib/git-pair.rb
index 1c81cd7..55df938 100644
--- a/lib/git-pair.rb
+++ b/lib/git-pair.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ def remove(name)
       `git config --unset-all git-pair.authors "^#{name}$"`
     end
 
+    def reset
+      @reset = true
+      `git config --unset user.name`
+      `git config --unset user.email`
+    end
+
     def set_email_template(email)
       @config_changed = true
       `git config git-pair.email "#{email}"`
@@ -28,6 +34,10 @@ def config_change_made?
       @config_changed
     end
 
+    def reset?
+      @reset
+    end
+
     def switch(abbreviations)
       raise MissingConfigurationError, "Please add some authors first" if Helpers.author_names.empty?
       raise MissingConfigurationError, "Please set the email template first" if Helpers.email_template.empty?