diff --git a/book/02-git-basics/sections/undoing.asc b/book/02-git-basics/sections/undoing.asc
index 6d63e9b12..0c815dde8 100644
--- a/book/02-git-basics/sections/undoing.asc
+++ b/book/02-git-basics/sections/undoing.asc
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ You can see that the changes have been reverted.
 [IMPORTANT]
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 It's important to understand that `git checkout \-- <file>` is a dangerous command.
-Any local changes you made to that file are gone -- Git just replaced that file with the most recently-committed version.
+Any local changes you made to that file are gone -- Git just replaced that file with the last staged or committed version.
 Don't ever use this command unless you absolutely know that you don't want those unsaved local changes.
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@@ -230,6 +230,6 @@ Changes to be committed:
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 It's important to understand that `git restore <file>` is a dangerous command.
-Any local changes you made to that file are gone -- Git just replaced that file with the most recently-committed version.
+Any local changes you made to that file are gone -- Git just replaced that file with the last staged or committed version.
 Don't ever use this command unless you absolutely know that you don't want those unsaved local changes.
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