note that fetching new objects currently requires git
diff --git a/got/got.1 b/got/got.1
index faa6c4d..dfb9fe5 100644
--- a/got/got.1
+++ b/got/got.1
@@ -568,7 +568,9 @@ branch to the latest commit on this branch:
.Pp
.Dl $ got update
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-Fetch new upstream commits into the local repository's master branch:
+Fetch new upstream commits into the local repository's master branch.
+This step currently requires
+.Xr git 1 :
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.Dl $ cd /var/git/src.git
.Dl $ git fetch origin master:master