diff --git a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst
index 51c9a81e03..d4496a9fb7 100644
--- a/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst
+++ b/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst
@@ -436,8 +436,8 @@ This fetcher supports the following parameters:
    "nobranch" is set to "1", this is a mandatory parameter. The number of
    branch parameters must match the number of name parameters.
 
--  *"rev":* The revision to use for the checkout. The default is
-   "master".
+-  *"rev":* The revision to use for the checkout. If :term:`SRCREV` is also set,
+   this parameter must match its value.
 
 -  *"tag":* Specifies a tag to match against the supplied revision (``rev=``).
    This does not replace the ``rev`` parameter: the ``tag`` parameter should
