Merge branch 'jk/read-tree-empty'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index d78f4c7398be1e7a403fcc34a9587dfee651b72d..1940256930d92c0679b95bb0cd41f24847828bd4 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ way to clean up all obsolete remote-tracking branches.
 OPTIONS
 -------
 -d::
-       Delete a branch. The branch must be fully merged in HEAD.
+       Delete a branch. The branch must be fully merged in its
+       upstream branch, or in `HEAD` if no upstream was set with
+       `--track` or `--set-upstream`.
 
 -D::
        Delete a branch irrespective of its merged status.