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@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Our commitment to Open Source can be found [here](https://vercel.com/oss).
 5. Duplicate `.env.template` and rename it to `.env.local`.
 6. Add proper store values to `.env.local`.
 7. Run `yarn dev` to build and watch for code changes
-8. The development branch is `development` (this is the branch pull requests should be made against).
+8. The development branch is `canary` (this is the branch pull requests should be made against).
    On a release, `develop` branch is rebased into `master`.