diff --git a/content/en/docs/contribute/generate-ref-docs/contribute-upstream.md b/content/en/docs/contribute/generate-ref-docs/contribute-upstream.md
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+++ b/content/en/docs/contribute/generate-ref-docs/contribute-upstream.md
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ will be different in your situation.
 
 Here's an example of editing a comment in the Kubernetes source code.
 
-In your local kubernetes/kubernetes repository, check out the master branch,
+In your local kubernetes/kubernetes repository, check out the default branch,
 and make sure it is up to date:
 
 ```shell
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ git checkout master
 git pull https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes master
 ```
 
-Suppose this source file in the master branch has the typo "atmost":
+Suppose this source file in that default branch has the typo "atmost":
 
 [kubernetes/kubernetes/staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1/types.go](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/staging/src/k8s.io/api/apps/v1/types.go)