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diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index 918d8ee72..2e58481ed 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ working tree.
 OPTIONS
 -------
 -q::
-	Quiet, supress feedback messages.
+	Quiet, suppress feedback messages.
 
 -f::
 	Proceed even if the index or the working tree differs
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ OPTIONS
 --track::
 	When -b is given and a branch is created off a remote branch,
 	set up configuration so that git-pull will automatically
-	retrieve data from the remote branch.  Set the
+	retrieve data from the remote branch.  Use this if you always
+	pull from the same remote branch into the new branch, or if you
+	don't want to use "git pull <repository> <refspec>" explicitly.  Set the
 	branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to true if you
 	want git-checkout and git-branch to always behave as if
 	'--track' were given.
@@ -62,9 +64,9 @@ OPTIONS
 	configuration variable.
 
 -l::
-	Create the new branch's ref log.  This activates recording of
-	all changes to made the branch ref, enabling use of date
-	based sha1 expressions such as "<branchname>@{yesterday}".
+	Create the new branch's reflog.  This activates recording of
+	all changes made to the branch ref, enabling use of date
+	based sha1 expressions such as "<branchname>@\{yesterday}".
 
 -m::
 	If you have local modifications to one or more files that
@@ -215,4 +217,3 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 GIT
 ---
 Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
-