diff --git a/docs/install/heroku.rst b/docs/install/heroku.rst
index e85cc5bb0d3..6b15d1113c9 100644
--- a/docs/install/heroku.rst
+++ b/docs/install/heroku.rst
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ If you don't already have **Git**, follow the `instructions on the GitHub websit
 
 Once git is installed, you can use it to download a copy of Tabbycat with these commands in your command-line::
 
-    git clone https://github.com/TabbycatDebate/tabbycat.git
-    git checkout master
+    git clone -b master https://github.com/TabbycatDebate/tabbycat.git
 
 3. Run the Deploy Script
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