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diff --git a/Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt b/Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt
index b9e17e7a28..0780d30cac 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt
@@ -171,20 +171,13 @@ additional flag.
 Fetching Missing Objects
 ------------------------
 
-- Fetching of objects is done using the existing transport mechanism using
-  transport_fetch_refs(), setting a new transport option
-  TRANS_OPT_NO_DEPENDENTS to indicate that only the objects themselves are
-  desired, not any object that they refer to.
-+
-Because some transports invoke fetch_pack() in the same process, fetch_pack()
-has been updated to not use any object flags when the corresponding argument
-(no_dependents) is set.
+- Fetching of objects is done by invoking a "git fetch" subprocess.
 
 - The local repository sends a request with the hashes of all requested
-  objects as "want" lines, and does not perform any packfile negotiation.
+  objects, and does not perform any packfile negotiation.
   It then receives a packfile.
 
-- Because we are reusing the existing fetch-pack mechanism, fetching
+- Because we are reusing the existing fetch mechanism, fetching
   currently fetches all objects referred to by the requested objects, even
   though they are not necessary.