Merge "Documentation: clarify how the default branch is set"
diff --git a/Documentation/rest-api-projects.txt b/Documentation/rest-api-projects.txt
index d34ccb4..6889de3 100644
--- a/Documentation/rest-api-projects.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rest-api-projects.txt
@@ -4196,7 +4196,9 @@
repository.<name>.defaultSubmitType] is set to a different value.
|`branches` |optional|
A list of branches that should be initially created. +
-For the branch names the `refs/heads/` prefix can be omitted.
+For the branch names the `refs/heads/` prefix can be omitted. +
+The first entry of the list will be the default branch (ie. the target +
+of the `HEAD` symbolic ref).
|`owners` |optional|
A list of groups that should be assigned as project owner. +
Each group in the list must be specified as
