diff --git a/Documentation/git-gc.txt b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
index 315f07ef1c6997c98c4e446af507c3e1e4566218..801aede6094e40b5bfb1f4c5d09393e7011f500e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-gc.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-gc.txt
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ are not part of the current project most users will want to expire
 them sooner.  This option defaults to '30 days'.
 
 The above two configuration variables can be given to a pattern.  For
-example, this sets non-default expiry values only to remote tracking
+example, this sets non-default expiry values only to remote-tracking
 branches:
 
 ------------
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ Notes
 
 'git gc' tries very hard to be safe about the garbage it collects. In
 particular, it will keep not only objects referenced by your current set
-of branches and tags, but also objects referenced by the index, remote
-tracking branches, refs saved by 'git filter-branch' in
+of branches and tags, but also objects referenced by the index,
+remote-tracking branches, refs saved by 'git filter-branch' in
 refs/original/, or reflogs (which may reference commits in branches
 that were later amended or rewound).
 
diff --git a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
index f1f4086389445a44645e57c2340cc94266f92835..0982f74ef6212577afb74d86079472662e2bffba 100644
--- a/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gittutorial.txt
@@ -402,8 +402,8 @@ could merge the changes into her master branch:
 alice$ git merge bob/master
 -------------------------------------
 
-This `merge` can also be done by 'pulling from her own remote
-tracking branch', like this:
+This `merge` can also be done by 'pulling from her own remote-tracking
+branch', like this:
 
 -------------------------------------
 alice$ git pull . remotes/bob/master
diff --git a/t/t5400-send-pack.sh b/t/t5400-send-pack.sh
index 5bcf0b867adf3f57018a15ab8828713b986aaac6..b0b2684a1f879cc173bf2bc67902724ed8f25d48 100755
--- a/t/t5400-send-pack.sh
+++ b/t/t5400-send-pack.sh
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ test_expect_success 'denyNonFastforwards trumps --force' '
 	test "$victim_orig" = "$victim_head"
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'push --all excludes remote tracking hierarchy' '
+test_expect_success 'push --all excludes remote-tracking hierarchy' '
 	mkdir parent &&
 	(
 	    cd parent &&