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diff --git a/Documentation/git-svn.txt b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
index be2e34eb8..488e4b1ca 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-svn.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-svn.txt
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ section because they affect the 'git-svn-id:' metadata line.
 BASIC EXAMPLES
 --------------
 
-Tracking and contributing to a the trunk of a Subversion-managed project:
+Tracking and contributing to the trunk of a Subversion-managed project:
 
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 # Clone a repo (like git clone):
@@ -478,11 +478,12 @@ previous commits in SVN.
 DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
 -----------------
 Merge tracking in Subversion is lacking and doing branched development
-with Subversion is cumbersome as a result.  git-svn does not do
-automated merge/branch tracking by default and leaves it entirely up to
-the user on the git side.  git-svn does however follow copy
-history of the directory that it is tracking, however (much like
-how 'svn log' works).
+with Subversion can be cumbersome as a result.  While git-svn can track
+copy history (including branches and tags) for repositories adopting a
+standard layout, it cannot yet represent merge history that happened
+inside git back upstream to SVN users.  Therefore it is advised that
+users keep history as linear as possible inside git to ease
+compatibility with SVN (see the CAVEATS section below).
 
 CAVEATS
 -------