git-branch.txt: document -f correctly

diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index fc5a4a602fb7cbc5e73f7029a0b82bba05d0b913..27b73bcf9e0a140eceb32343592d9b2415918e90 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.
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ but different purposes:
 
 Author
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-Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
+Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> and Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
 
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