checkout: tone down the "forked status" diagnostic messages

diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index 82929523c7166f9e5beb08689cef65cfa20c9a8c..584359ff3fdc4167b4af404ab92d34d3a057033c 100644 (file)
--- 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
@@ -44,17 +44,18 @@ OPTIONS
 -b::
        Create a new branch named <new_branch> and start it at
        <branch>.  The new branch name must pass all checks defined
-       by gitlink:git-check-ref-format[1].  Some of these checks
+       by linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1].  Some of these checks
        may restrict the characters allowed in a branch name.
 
 --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 behave as if
-       '--track' were given when you branch from a remote
-       tracking branch.
+       want git-checkout and git-branch to always behave as if
+       '--track' were given.
 
 --no-track::
        When -b is given and a branch is created off a remote branch,
@@ -215,4 +216,4 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
 
 GIT
 ---
-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite