diff --git a/doc/development.rst b/doc/development.rst
index 2637504..2fb8d7b 100644
--- a/doc/development.rst
+++ b/doc/development.rst
@@ -114,12 +114,13 @@ Making a pull-request for development purposes isn't hard, if you remember
 that since you're running a local instance, the git repos created in your
 pagure instance are also local.
 
-So here are in a few steps what one could do to create a pull-request in a
+So here are in a few steps that one could perform to create a pull-request in a
 local pagure instance.
 
 * Create a project on your pagure instance, let's say it will be called ``test``
 
-* Create a folder ``clones`` somewhere in your system::
+* Create a folder ``clones`` somewhere in your system (you probably do not
+  want it in the ``repos`` folder created above, next to it is fine though)::
 
     mkdir clones
 
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ local pagure instance.
 
 * Push these changes::
 
-    git push origin master
+    git push -u origin master
 
 * Create a new branch and add a commit in it::
 
@@ -151,11 +152,11 @@ local pagure instance.
 
 * Push this new branch::
 
-    git push origin new_branch
+    git push -u origin new_branch
 
 
 Then go back to your pagure instance running in your web-browser, check the
-``test`` project and you should see two branches: ``master`` and ``new_branch``
+``test`` project. You should see two branches: ``master`` and ``new_branch``
 from there you should be able to open a new pull-request, either from the
 front page or via the ``File Pull Request`` button in the ``Pull Requests``
 page.