diff --git a/Documentation/config/remote.txt b/Documentation/config/remote.txt
index 1b9814e8aa4237..25fe219d103cc4 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/remote.txt
@@ -110,12 +110,12 @@ the values inherited from a lower priority configuration files (e.g.
 remote.<name>.followRemoteHEAD::
 	How linkgit:git-fetch[1] should handle updates to `remotes/<name>/HEAD`.
 	The default value is "create", which will create `remotes/<name>/HEAD`
-	if it exists on the remote, but not locally, but will not touch an
-	already existing local reference. Setting to "warn" will print
-	a message if the remote has a different value, than the local one and
+	if it exists on the remote, but not locally; this will not touch an
+	already existing local reference. Setting it to "warn" will print
+	a message if the remote has a different value than the local one;
 	in case there is no local reference, it behaves like "create".
 	A variant on "warn" is "warn-if-not-$branch", which behaves like
 	"warn", but if `HEAD` on the remote is `$branch` it will be silent.
-	Setting to "always" will silently update it to the value on the remote.
-	Finally, setting it to "never" will never change or create the local
-	reference.
+	Setting it to "always" will silently update `remotes/<name>/HEAD` to
+	the value on the remote.  Finally, setting it to "never" will never
+	change or create the local reference.