thodg/got

diff --git a/got/got.1 b/got/got.1
index 5117f94..e28eea6 100644
--- a/got/got.1
+++ b/got/got.1
@@ -719,8 +719,8 @@ Lines may be re-ordered to change the order of commits in the edited history.
 .Pp
 Edited commits are accumulated on a temporary branch.
 Once history editing has completed successfully, the temporary branch becomes
-the new version of the work tree's base branch and the work tree is
-automatically switched to it.
+the new version of the work tree's branch and the work tree is automatically
+switched to it.
 .Pp
 While merging commits, show the status of each affected file,
 using the following status codes: