diff --git a/book/06-github/sections/2-contributing.asc b/book/06-github/sections/2-contributing.asc
index e7aa71e98..3f4a24cc3 100644
--- a/book/06-github/sections/2-contributing.asc
+++ b/book/06-github/sections/2-contributing.asc
@@ -521,14 +521,16 @@ You can automate this work with a bit of configuration:
 [source,console]
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 $ git remote add progit https://github.com/progit/progit2.git <1>
-$ git branch --set-upstream-to=progit/master master <2>
-$ git config --local remote.pushDefault origin <3>
+$ git fetch progit <2>
+$ git branch --set-upstream-to=progit/master master <3>
+$ git config --local remote.pushDefault origin <4>
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 <1> Add the source repository and give it a name.
     Here, I have chosen to call it `progit`.
-<2> Set your `master` branch to fetch from the `progit` remote.
-<3> Define the default push repository to `origin`.
+<2> Get a reference on progit's branches, in particular `master`.
+<3> Set your `master` branch to fetch from the `progit` remote.
+<4> Define the default push repository to `origin`.
 
 Once this is done, the workflow becomes much simpler: