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diff --git a/dgit.1 b/dgit.1
index ef5236a4..6ee22e82 100644
--- a/dgit.1
+++ b/dgit.1
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ push will still ensure that the .dsc you upload and the git tree
 you push are identical, so this option won't make broken pushes.)
 .TP
 .BR --overwrite [=\fIprevious-version\fR]
-Declare that even though your git branch is not a descendant
+Declare that even though your git branch may not be a descendant
 of the version in the archive
 according to the revision history,
 it really does contain
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ changes unless someone committed to git a finalised changelog
 entry, and then made later changes to that version.)
 
 dgit push --overwrite
-will make a
+will, if necessary, make a
 pseudo-merge (that is, something that looks like the result
 of git merge -s ours) to stitch the archive's version into your own
 git history, so that your push is a fast forward from the archive.