diff --git a/refactored/README.push-to-svn.txt b/refactored/README.push-to-svn.txt
index ef25b1f3643663b72dab3614ccc4187523e6cecf..687725fff93f028bcb55ba144f0298a7ae25a0f9 100644
--- a/refactored/README.push-to-svn.txt
+++ b/refactored/README.push-to-svn.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,15 @@ How to push to maunaloa svn
 ===========================
 
 You can push remotec changes to the maunaloa SVN server with the
-following steps (the first 2 are only needed the first time):
+following steps (the first 3 are only needed the first time):
+
+Create your branch
+------------------
+
+* Add a specialized branch. The following adds a branch named remotec/refactored
+  $ svn copy https://USER@maunaloa.wur.nl/subversion/das/ct/trunk \
+             https://USER@maunaloa.wur.nl/subversion/das/ct/branches/remotec/refactored \
+      -m "Creating a branch for upstreaming from Mercurial to Subversion"
 
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