diff --git a/git/config.py b/git/config.py
index aef881d2e..0da90bab2 100644
--- a/git/config.py
+++ b/git/config.py
@@ -10,36 +10,34 @@
 import abc
 import configparser as cp
 import fnmatch
-from functools import wraps
 import inspect
-from io import BufferedReader, IOBase
 import logging
 import os
 import os.path as osp
 import re
 import sys
-
-from git.compat import defenc, force_text
-from git.util import LockFile
+from functools import wraps
+from io import BufferedReader, IOBase
 
 # typing-------------------------------------------------------
-
 from typing import (
+    IO,
+    TYPE_CHECKING,
     Any,
     Callable,
+    Dict,
     Generic,
-    IO,
     List,
-    Dict,
     Sequence,
-    TYPE_CHECKING,
     Tuple,
     TypeVar,
     Union,
     cast,
 )
 
-from git.types import Lit_config_levels, ConfigLevels_Tup, PathLike, assert_never, _T
+from git.compat import defenc, force_text
+from git.types import _T, ConfigLevels_Tup, Lit_config_levels, PathLike, assert_never
+from git.util import LockFile
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from io import BytesIO
@@ -958,9 +956,9 @@ def _string_to_value(self, valuestr: str) -> Union[int, float, str, bool]:
 
         # Try boolean values as git uses them.
         vl = valuestr.lower()
-        if vl == "false":
+        if vl in ("false", "no", "off"):
             return False
-        if vl == "true":
+        if vl in ("true", "yes", "on"):
             return True
 
         if not isinstance(valuestr, str):
diff --git a/test/test_config.py b/test/test_config.py
index 3107d8074..3031721de 100644
--- a/test/test_config.py
+++ b/test/test_config.py
@@ -167,6 +167,38 @@ def test_backslash_line_continuation(self):
             key = "co" if section == "alias" else "k"
             self.assertEqual(config.get_value(section, key), expected)
 
+    def test_get_value_reads_git_boolean_spellings(self):
+        # git accepts yes/no and on/off as well as true/false, and getboolean on
+        # this class already did. get_value returned them as strings, so "no" and
+        # "off" arrived as non-empty (truthy) values for a caller testing them.
+        cases = [
+            (b"true", True),
+            (b"TRUE", True),
+            (b"yes", True),
+            (b"Yes", True),
+            (b"on", True),
+            (b"On", True),
+            (b"false", False),
+            (b"no", False),
+            (b"off", False),
+            (b"Off", False),
+        ]
+        for raw, expected in cases:
+            config_file = io.BytesIO(b"[core]\n\tflag = " + raw + b"\n")
+            config_file.name = "boolean_spellings.config"
+            config = GitConfigParser(config_file)
+            config.read()
+            self.assertIs(config.get_value("core", "flag"), expected, raw.decode())
+            # The two accessors must not disagree about the same value.
+            self.assertIs(config.getboolean("core", "flag"), expected, raw.decode())
+
+        # A value that is not a boolean at all still comes back untouched.
+        config_file = io.BytesIO(b"[core]\n\tflag = meld\n")
+        config_file.name = "boolean_spellings.config"
+        config = GitConfigParser(config_file)
+        config.read()
+        self.assertEqual(config.get_value("core", "flag"), "meld")
+
     @with_rw_directory
     def test_comment_backslash_does_not_continue_value(self, rw_dir):
         config_path = osp.join(rw_dir, "config")