diff --git a/content/pages/setting-up-a-github-pages-site-with-jekyll/creating-a-github-pages-site-with-jekyll.md b/content/pages/setting-up-a-github-pages-site-with-jekyll/creating-a-github-pages-site-with-jekyll.md
index 43c4262281..d9fea6a693 100644
--- a/content/pages/setting-up-a-github-pages-site-with-jekyll/creating-a-github-pages-site-with-jekyll.md
+++ b/content/pages/setting-up-a-github-pages-site-with-jekyll/creating-a-github-pages-site-with-jekyll.md
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ Before you can use Jekyll to create a {% data variables.product.prodname_pages %
  If you chose to publish your site from the `gh-pages` branch, create and checkout the `gh-pages` branch.
  ```shell
  $ git checkout --orphan gh-pages
- # Creates a new branch, with no history or contents, called gh-pages and switches to the gh-pages branch
+ # Creates a new branch, with no history or contents, called gh-pages, and switches to the gh-pages branch
+ $ git rm -rf 
+ # Removes the contents from your default branch from the working directory
  ```
 1. To create a new Jekyll site, use the `jekyll new` command:
    ```shell