diff --git a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
index 16a6b0aceb..5c8ba44c18 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ were a remote repository instead of creating an empty repository and then
 pulling or fetching objects from the bundle:
 
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-machineB$ git clone /home/me/tmp/file.bundle R2
+machineB$ git clone -b master /home/me/tmp/file.bundle R2
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 This will define a remote called "origin" in the resulting repository that