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diff --git a/Documentation/revisions.txt b/Documentation/revisions.txt
index 1725661837..f4f6f281a0 100644
--- a/Documentation/revisions.txt
+++ b/Documentation/revisions.txt
@@ -24,22 +24,22 @@ blobs contained in a commit.
object referenced by 'refs/heads/master'. If you
happen to have both 'heads/master' and 'tags/master', you can
explicitly say 'heads/master' to tell git which one you mean.
- When ambiguous, a '<name>' is disambiguated by taking the
+ When ambiguous, a '<refname>' is disambiguated by taking the
first match in the following rules:
- . If '$GIT_DIR/<name>' exists, that is what you mean (this is usually
+ . If '$GIT_DIR/<refname>' exists, that is what you mean (this is usually
useful only for 'HEAD', 'FETCH_HEAD', 'ORIG_HEAD', 'MERGE_HEAD'
and 'CHERRY_PICK_HEAD');
- . otherwise, 'refs/<name>' if it exists;
+ . otherwise, 'refs/<refname>' if it exists;
. otherwise, 'refs/tags/<refname>' if it exists;
- . otherwise, 'refs/heads/<name>' if it exists;
+ . otherwise, 'refs/heads/<refname>' if it exists;
- . otherwise, 'refs/remotes/<name>' if it exists;
+ . otherwise, 'refs/remotes/<refname>' if it exists;
- . otherwise, 'refs/remotes/<name>/HEAD' if it exists.
+ . otherwise, 'refs/remotes/<refname>/HEAD' if it exists.
+
'HEAD' names the commit on which you based the changes in the working tree.
'FETCH_HEAD' records the branch which you fetched from a remote repository