diff --git a/docs/source/development-guide/style-guide/git-and-github-workflow.rst b/docs/source/development-guide/style-guide/git-and-github-workflow.rst
index 001dc61a3..9ab4c56b8 100644
--- a/docs/source/development-guide/style-guide/git-and-github-workflow.rst
+++ b/docs/source/development-guide/style-guide/git-and-github-workflow.rst
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Keeping your fork updated
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 You can keep your personal fork up-to-date with the ``IMAP-Science-Operations-Center`` ``imap_processing`` repository by
-fetching and rebasing with the ``upstream`` remote:
+either fetching and rebasing with the ``upstream`` remote, or fetching and pulling with the ``upstream`` remote:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
@@ -122,6 +122,13 @@ fetching and rebasing with the ``upstream`` remote:
     git fetch upstream
     git rebase -i upstream/dev
 
+or
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    git fetch upstream dev
+    git pull upstream/dev
+
 
 .. _collaborating-on-someone-elses-fork:
 
@@ -137,4 +144,4 @@ nominal workflow for contributing:
     git fetch <username>
     git checkout -b <branchname> <username>/<branchname>
     # Make some changes via add/commit cycle
-    git push <username> <branchname>
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+    git push <username> <branchname>