diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst
index 9ff4e161..ae2d3a17 100644
--- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst
+++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ This fetcher supports the following parameters:
      ``git@gitlab.freedesktop.org:mesa/mesa.git``, however the expected URL in
      :term:`SRC_URI` is the following::
 
-       SRC_URI = "git://git@gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa.git;protocol=ssh;..."
+       SRC_URI = "git://git@gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa.git;branch=master;protocol=ssh;..."
 
      Note the ``:`` character changed for a ``/`` before the path to the project.
 
@@ -457,9 +457,9 @@ This fetcher supports the following parameters:
 
 Here are some example URLs::
 
-   SRC_URI = "git://git.oe.handhelds.org/git/vip.git;tag=version-1"
-   SRC_URI = "git://git.oe.handhelds.org/git/vip.git;protocol=http"
-   SRC_URI = "git://git@gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa.git;protocol=ssh;..."
+   SRC_URI = "git://git.oe.handhelds.org/git/vip.git;branch=master;tag=version-1"
+   SRC_URI = "git://git.oe.handhelds.org/git/vip.git;branch=master;protocol=http"
+   SRC_URI = "git://git@gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa.git;branch=master;protocol=ssh;..."
 
 .. note::
 
diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst
index 59a9de2f..c89503c8 100644
--- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst
+++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-ref-variables.rst
@@ -1413,8 +1413,8 @@ overview of their function and contents.
          :term:`SRC_URI` checksums or :term:`SRCREV` when you have more than one
          file or git repository specified in :term:`SRC_URI`. For example::
 
-            SRC_URI = "git://example.com/foo.git;name=first \
-                       git://example.com/bar.git;name=second \
+            SRC_URI = "git://example.com/foo.git;branch=master;name=first \
+                       git://example.com/bar.git;branch=master;name=second \
                        http://example.com/file.tar.gz;name=third"
 
             SRCREV_first = "f1d2d2f924e986ac86fdf7b36c94bcdf32beec15"