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diff --git a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt b/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt
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--- a/Documentation/pull-fetch-param.txt
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@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ rules particular to 'git fetch' are noted below.
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Until Git version 2.20, and unlike when pushing with
linkgit:git-push[1], any updates to `refs/tags/*` would be accepted
-without `+` in the refspec (or `--force`). The receiving promiscuously
+without `+` in the refspec (or `--force`). When fetching, we promiscuously
considered all tag updates from a remote to be forced fetches. Since
-Git version 2.20, fetching to update `refs/tags/*` work the same way
+Git version 2.20, fetching to update `refs/tags/*` works the same way
as when pushing. I.e. any updates will be rejected without `+` in the
refspec (or `--force`).
+