diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index d35f000..3b0b614 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 	OPT_SET_INT('n', NULL, &tags,
 		    "do not fetch all tags (--no-tags)", TAGS_UNSET),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('p', "prune", &prune,
-		    "prune tracking branches no longer on remote"),
+		    "prune remote-tracking branches no longer on remote"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "dry-run", &dry_run,
 		    "dry run"),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN('k', "keep", &keep, "keep downloaded pack"),
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 			continue;
 
 		/*
-		 * Not fetched to a tracking branch?  We need to fetch
+		 * Not fetched to a remote-tracking branch?  We need to fetch
 		 * it anyway to allow this branch's "branch.$name.merge"
 		 * to be honored by 'git pull', but we do not have to
 		 * fail if branch.$name.merge is misconfigured to point