branch doc: change `git branch <pattern>` to use `<branchname>`

diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 28d46cc03b217c156769f6123c7b3e3351eabce4..6a17ca591a2b53061b86eb92f44bd715fce613b4 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ This option is only applicable in non-verbose mode.
        List both remote-tracking branches and local branches.
 
 --list::
-       Activate the list mode. `git branch <pattern>` would try to create a branch,
+       Activate the list mode. `git branch <branchname>` would try to create a branch,
        use `git branch --list <pattern>` to list matching branches.
 
 -v::