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@@ -310,8 +310,9 @@ branch with a valid upstream)
$ ./tools/buildman/buildman -b <branch> -n
If it can't detect the upstream branch, try checking out the branch, and
-doing something like 'git branch --set-upstream <branch> upstream/master'
-or something similar.
+doing something like 'git branch --set-upstream-to upstream/master'
+or something similar. Buildman will try to guess a suitable upstream branch
+if it can't find one (you will see a message like" Guessing upstream as ...).
As an example:
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