diff --git a/pages/common/hg-clone.md b/pages/common/hg-clone.md
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@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@
 
 `hg clone {{remote_repository_source}} {{destination_path}}`
 
-- Clone a repository on a specific branch:
+- Clone a repository to the head of a specific branch, ignoring later commits:
 
 `hg clone --branch {{branch}} {{remote_repository_source}}`
 
-- Clone a repository with a clean working directory:
+- Clone a repository with only the .hg directory, without checking out files:
 
 `hg clone --noupdate {{remote_repository_source}}`
 
-- Clone a repository to a specific revision, tag or branch:
+- Clone a repository to a specific revision, tag or branch, keeping the entire history:
 
 `hg clone --updaterev {{revision}} {{remote_repository_source}}`