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diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index c824d88742..b3e62ed011 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ git-branch - List, create, or delete branches
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-branch' [--color | --no-color] [-r | -a] [--merged | --no-merged]
+'git branch' [--color | --no-color] [-r | -a] [--merged | --no-merged]
[-v [--abbrev=<length> | --no-abbrev]]
[--contains <commit>]
-'git-branch' [--track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]
-'git-branch' (-m | -M) [<oldbranch>] <newbranch>
-'git-branch' (-d | -D) [-r] <branchname>...
+'git branch' [--track | --no-track] [-l] [-f] <branchname> [<start-point>]
+'git branch' (-m | -M) [<oldbranch>] <newbranch>
+'git branch' (-d | -D) [-r] <branchname>...
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ working tree to it; use "git checkout <newbranch>" to switch to the
new branch.
When a local branch is started off a remote branch, git sets up the
-branch so that linkgit:git-pull[1] will appropriately merge from
+branch so that 'git-pull' will appropriately merge from
the remote branch. This behavior may be changed via the global
`branch.autosetupmerge` configuration flag. That setting can be
overridden by using the `--track` and `--no-track` options.
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ has a reflog then the reflog will also be deleted.
Use -r together with -d to delete remote-tracking branches. Note, that it
only makes sense to delete remote-tracking branches if they no longer exist
-in remote repository or if linkgit:git-fetch[1] was configured not to fetch
+in remote repository or if 'git-fetch' was configured not to fetch
them again. See also 'prune' subcommand of linkgit:git-remote[1] for way to
clean up all obsolete remote-tracking branches.
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ OPTIONS
-a::
List both remote-tracking branches and local branches.
--v, --verbose::
+-v::
+--verbose::
Show sha1 and commit subject line for each head.
--abbrev=<length>::
@@ -106,14 +107,14 @@ OPTIONS
Display the full sha1s in output listing rather than abbreviating them.
--track::
- When creating a new branch, set up configuration so that git-pull
+ When creating a new branch, set up configuration so that 'git-pull'
will automatically retrieve data from the start point, which must be
a branch. Use this if you always pull from the same upstream branch
into the new branch, and if you don't want to use "git pull
<repository> <refspec>" explicitly. This behavior is the default
when the start point is a remote branch. Set the
branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable to `false` if you want
- git-checkout and git-branch to always behave as if '--no-track' were
+ 'git-checkout' and 'git-branch' to always behave as if '--no-track' were
given. Set it to `always` if you want this behavior when the
start-point is either a local or remote branch.
@@ -209,4 +210,4 @@ Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
GIT
---
-Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite