Autogenerated man pages for v1.3.3-g9e84

[git.git] / man1 / git-checkout.1

diff --git a/man1/git-checkout.1 b/man1/git-checkout.1
index 90274b8..fdb0f47 100755 (executable)
--- a/man1/git-checkout.1
+++ b/man1/git-checkout.1
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Force a re\-read of everything\&.
 
 .TP
 \-b
-Create a new branch and start it at <branch>\&.
+Create a new branch named <new_branch> and start it at <branch>\&. The new branch name must pass all checks defined by \fBgit\-check\-ref\-format\fR(1)\&. Some of these checks may restrict the characters allowed in a branch name\&.
 
 .TP
 \-m