diff --git a/Documentation/git-pull.adoc b/Documentation/git-pull.adoc
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--- a/Documentation/git-pull.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-pull.adoc
@@ -36,15 +36,9 @@ There are 4 main options for integrating the remote branch:
 You can also set the configuration options `pull.rebase`, `pull.squash`,
 or `pull.ff` with your preferred behaviour.
 
-In Git 1.7.0 or later, to cancel a conflicting merge, use
-`git reset --merge`.  *Warning*: In older versions of Git, running 'git pull'
-with uncommitted changes is discouraged: while possible, it leaves you
-in a state that may be hard to back out of in the case of a conflict.
-
-If any of the remote changes overlap with local uncommitted changes,
-the merge will be automatically canceled and the work tree untouched.
-It is generally best to get any local changes in working order before
-pulling or stash them away with linkgit:git-stash[1].
+If there's a merge conflict during the merge or rebase that you don't
+want to handle, you can safely abort it with `git merge --abort` or `git
+--rebase abort`.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------