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@@ -111,6 +111,17 @@ branch::
        a particular revision, which is called the branch head. The
        branch heads are stored in `$GIT_DIR/refs/heads/`.
 
+master::
+       The default branch. Whenever you create a git repository, a branch
+       named "master" is created, and becomes the active branch. In most
+       cases, this contains the local development.
+
+origin::
+       The default upstream branch. Most projects have one upstream
+       project which they track, and by default 'origin' is used for
+       that purpose.  New updates from upstream will be fetched into
+       this branch; you should never commit to it yourself.
+
 ref::
        A 40-byte hex representation of a SHA1 pointing to a particular
        object. These may be stored in `$GIT_DIR/refs/`.