diff --git a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst
index bd11719075..c061bd70ea 100644
--- a/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst
+++ b/bitbake/doc/bitbake-user-manual/bitbake-user-manual-fetching.rst
@@ -424,8 +424,8 @@ This fetcher supports the following parameters:
 
 -  *"nobranch":* Tells the fetcher to not check the SHA validation for
    the branch when set to "1". The default is "0". Set this option for
-   the recipe that refers to the commit that is valid for a any namespace
-   instead of the branch.
+   the recipe that refers to the commit that is valid for any namespace
+   (branch, tag, ...) instead of the branch.
 
 -  *"bareclone":* Tells the fetcher to clone a bare clone into the
    destination directory without checking out a working tree. Only the
diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
index c80e8e5cf9..2e3d32515f 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/git.py
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ Supported SRC_URI options are:
 
 - nobranch
    Don't check the SHA validation for branch. set this option for the recipe
-   referring to commit which is valid in any namespace instead of branch.
+   referring to commit which is valid in any namespace (branch, tag, ...)
+   instead of branch.
    The default is "0", set nobranch=1 if needed.
 
 - usehead