Merge branch 'jk/clone-post-checkout'

[git.git] / Documentation / git-branch.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 7f7b781f24cd916da71b2481a122fa1d59762cae..31ba7f2ade7643d60e0bf1b0bb70271afe16ddeb 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ OPTIONS
        based sha1 expressions such as "<branchname>@\{yesterday}".
 
 -f::
-       Force the creation of a new branch even if it means deleting
-       a branch that already exists with the same name.
+       Reset <branchname> to <startpoint> if <branchname> exists
+       already. Without `-f` 'git-branch' refuses to change an existing branch.
 
 -m::
        Move/rename a branch and the corresponding reflog.