diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
index c39024cd3f..57079fa0c5 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-newbie.xml
@@ -246,6 +246,9 @@
             This way if you don’t like what you have done you can easily get rid of the work.</para></listitem>
         <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>git branch</filename></emphasis> – Reports existing branches and 
             tells you which branch in which you are currently working.</para></listitem>
+        <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>git branch -D &lt;branch-name&gt;</filename></emphasis> – 
+            Deletes an existing branch.  You need to be in a branch other than the one you are deleting 
+            in order to delete &lt;branch-name&gt;.</para></listitem>
         <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>git pull</filename></emphasis> – Retrieves information from an upstream Git 
             repository and places it in your local Git repository.  
             You use this command to make sure you are synchronized with the upstream repository 
@@ -258,7 +261,7 @@
             local branch of your repository with another branch.  
             When you create a local Git repository the default branch is named “master”.  
             A typical workflow is to create a temporary branch for isolated work, make and commit your 
-            changes, switch to the master branch, merge the changes in the temporary branch with the 
+            changes, switch to the master branch, merge the changes from the temporary branch into the 
             master branch, and then delete the temporary branch</para></listitem>
         <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>git cherry-pick</filename></emphasis> – Choose and apply specific 
             commits from one branch into another branch.