$ git clone -b v1 http://git.python.org/python.git
git clones remote repository ``http://git.python.org/python.git`` to
-directory ``python``, creates remote-tracking branches, creates a
-local branch ``v1``, configure it to track upstream remotes/origin/v1
-branch and checks out ``v1`` into the working directory.
+directory ``python``, creates a remote named ``origin``, creates
+remote-tracking branches, creates a local branch ``v1``, configure it
+to track upstream remotes/origin/v1 branch and checks out ``v1`` into
+the working directory.
Updating local and remote-tracking branches
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