When cc73385cf6 (worktree remove: new command, 2018-02-12) implemented
and documented 'git worktree remove', it forgot to update existing
instructions suggesting manual deletion. Fix this oversight by
recommending 'git worktree remove' instead.

Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunsh...@sunshineco.com>
---
 Documentation/git-worktree.txt | 14 +++++++-------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
index e7eb24ab85..bc9cd8b60f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-worktree.txt
@@ -27,11 +27,12 @@ out more than one branch at a time.  With `git worktree 
add` a new working
 tree is associated with the repository.  This new working tree is called a
 "linked working tree" as opposed to the "main working tree" prepared by "git
 init" or "git clone".  A repository has one main working tree (if it's not a
-bare repository) and zero or more linked working trees.
+bare repository) and zero or more linked working trees. When you are done
+with a linked working tree, remove it with `git worktree remove`.
 
-When you are done with a linked working tree you can simply delete it.
-The working tree's administrative files in the repository (see
-"DETAILS" below) will eventually be removed automatically (see
+If a working tree is deleted without using `git worktree remove`, then
+its associated administrative files, which reside in the repository
+(see "DETAILS" below), will eventually be removed automatically (see
 `gc.worktreePruneExpire` in linkgit:git-config[1]), or you can run
 `git worktree prune` in the main or any linked working tree to
 clean up any stale administrative files.
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ OPTIONS
        By default, `add` refuses to create a new working tree when
        `<commit-ish>` is a branch name and is already checked out by
        another working tree and `remove` refuses to remove an unclean
-       working tree. This option overrides that safeguard.
+       working tree. This option overrides these safeguards.
 
 -b <new-branch>::
 -B <new-branch>::
@@ -278,8 +279,7 @@ $ pushd ../temp
 # ... hack hack hack ...
 $ git commit -a -m 'emergency fix for boss'
 $ popd
-$ rm -rf ../temp
-$ git worktree prune
+$ git worktree remove ../temp
 ------------
 
 BUGS
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2.17.0.484.g0c8726318c

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