diff --git a/pages/common/git-branch.md b/pages/common/git-branch.md
index ea3ec2f039..b4afa23d53 100644
--- a/pages/common/git-branch.md
+++ b/pages/common/git-branch.md
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@
 
 `git branch -m {{old_branch_name}} {{new_branch_name}}`
 
-- Delete a local branch:
+- Delete a local branch (must not have it checked out to do this):
 
 `git branch -d {{branch_name}}`