diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
index c878ed395e..ba9b4fbca7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
@@ -180,8 +180,7 @@ A significantly faster version:
 git filter-branch --index-filter 'git update-index --remove filename' HEAD
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-Now, you will get the rewritten history saved in the branch 'newbranch'
-(your current branch is left untouched).
+Now, you will get the rewritten history saved in HEAD.
 
 To set a commit (which typically is at the tip of another
 history) to be the parent of the current initial commit, in