builtin/branch: stop supporting the "--set-upstream" option

diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 81bd0a7b7741f175cf7a99e2aa9cbcacf42da78e..ba805749ec6cedcd2f9128fc12b33999f08b09ae 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -195,10 +195,8 @@ start-point is either a local or remote-tracking branch.
        branch.autoSetupMerge configuration variable is true.
 
 --set-upstream::
-       If specified branch does not exist yet or if `--force` has been
-       given, acts exactly like `--track`. Otherwise sets up configuration
-       like `--track` would when creating the branch, except that where
-       branch points to is not changed.
+       As this option had confusing syntax, it is no longer supported.
+       Please use `--track` or `--set-upstream-to` instead.
 
 -u <upstream>::
 --set-upstream-to=<upstream>::