diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.txt b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
index 200eb22..4064452 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-pull.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.txt
@@ -111,9 +111,8 @@
 	was rebased since last fetched, the rebase uses that information
 	to avoid rebasing non-local changes.
 +
-When preserve, also rebase the current branch on top of the upstream
-branch, but pass `--preserve-merges` along to `git rebase` so that
-locally created merge commits will not be flattened.
+When set to preserve, rebase with the `--preserve-merges` option passed
+to `git rebase` so that locally created merge commits will not be flattened.
 +
 When false, merge the current branch into the upstream branch.
 +