-<p>If no argument is provided, show available branches and mark current\r
-branch with star. Otherwise, create a new branch of name <branchname>.</p>\r
-<p>If a starting point is also specified, that will be where the branch is\r
-created, otherwise it will be created at the current HEAD.</p>\r
+<p>With no arguments given (or just <tt>-r</tt>) a list of available branches\r
+will be shown, the current branch will be highlighted with an asterisk.</p>\r
+<p>In its second form, a new branch named <branchname> will be created.\r
+It will start out with a head equal to the one given as <start-point>.\r
+If no <start-point> is given, the branch will be created with a head\r
+equal to that of the currently checked out branch.</p>\r
+<p>With a <tt>-d</tt> or <tt>-D</tt> option, <tt><branchname></tt> will be deleted. You may\r
+specify more than one branch for deletion. If the branch currently\r
+has a ref log then the ref log will also be deleted.</p>\r