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diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index 734928bf9..2e58481ed 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -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.