diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
index 67f5b9b6ab..13db9699c1 100644
--- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt
+++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt
@@ -1836,12 +1836,12 @@ Now, assume your personal repository is in the directory ~/proj.  We
 first create a new clone of the repository:
 
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-$ git clone --bare proj.git
+$ git clone --bare ~/proj proj.git
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-The resulting directory proj.git will contains a "bare" git
-repository--it is just the contents of the ".git" directory, without
-a checked-out copy of a working directory.
+The resulting directory proj.git contains a "bare" git repository--it is
+just the contents of the ".git" directory, without a checked-out copy of
+a working directory.
 
 Next, copy proj.git to the server where you plan to host the
 public repository.  You can use scp, rsync, or whatever is most
@@ -2372,9 +2372,8 @@ $ git config remote.example.fetch master:refs/remotes/example/master
 then the following commands will all do the same thing:
 
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-$ git fetch git://example.com/proj.git master:ref/remotes/example/master
-$ git fetch example master:ref/remotes/example/master
-$ git fetch example example/master
+$ git fetch git://example.com/proj.git master:refs/remotes/example/master
+$ git fetch example master:refs/remotes/example/master
 $ git fetch example
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