branch --track: code cleanup and saner handling of local branches

diff --git a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
index ea26da8e21030883e3655dcbc28ad06a4e3816f5..818b720b914fa33d3a4b5c7858573bd59f0b0945 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-checkout.txt
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ OPTIONS
        configuration variable.
 
 -l::
-       Create the new branch's ref log.  This activates recording of
-       all changes to made the branch ref, enabling use of date
-       based sha1 expressions such as "<branchname>@{yesterday}".
+       Create the new branch's reflog.  This activates recording of
+       all changes made to the branch ref, enabling use of date
+       based sha1 expressions such as "<branchname>@\{yesterday}".
 
 -m::
        If you have local modifications to one or more files that