diff --git a/DEPLOYMENT.md b/DEPLOYMENT.md
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 - [ ] (Optional) You can now deploy stable to dspace-dev (`./release.sh $VERSION_NUMBER-RC-$RCNUMBER`)
 - [ ] Make sure that the stable branch is clean and all commits are pushed to origin
 - [ ] `git checkout production`
-- [ ] `git checkout -b v$VERSION_NUMBER $HASHID -- .`
+- [ ] `git checkout -b $VERSION_NUMBER $HASHID`
       The $HASHID being the commit were the last merge from stable happened (before clarindev2clarin.sh changes were committed)
 - [ ] `git merge --no-ff stable`
 - [ ] resolve conflicts (though there shouldn't be any) and commit
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 - [ ] Run the clarindev2clarin.sh script
 - [ ] `git commit -a `
 - [ ] `git checkout production`
-- [ ] `git merge v1.3-$VERSION_NUMBER`
+- [ ] `git merge $VERSION_NUMBER`
 - [ ] resolve conflicts and commit
 - [ ] `git tag -a $VERSION_NUMBER -s (-u $GPG_ID_HASH)` defaults to your default GPG key
 - [ ] `git branch -d $VERSION_NUMBER`