Documentation: clarify how "git commit" cleans up the edited log message

diff --git a/advice.c b/advice.c
index 3b8bf3c6da6afdd5ef4cfcc77131690ccbbf3757..575bec20b35a31e653e49125386f3dcee880c217 100644 (file)
--- a/advice.c
+++ b/advice.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ void detach_advice(const char *new_name)
        "state without impacting any branches by performing another checkout.\n\n"
        "If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you may\n"
        "do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:\n\n"
-       "  git checkout -b new_branch_name\n\n";
+       "  git checkout -b <new-branch-name>\n\n";
 
        fprintf(stderr, fmt, new_name);
 }