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@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ This action tries to fix that in a transparent way. Install it, and hopefully th
 2. Finds PRs that were based on the merged branch (direct children only)
 3. Creates a synthetic merge commit with three parents (child tip, deleted branch tip, squash commit) to preserve history without re-introducing code
 4. Updates the direct child PRs to base on trunk now that the bottom change has landed
-5. Force-pushes updated branches and deletes the merged branch
+5. Pushes updated branches and deletes the merged branch
 
 **Note:** Indirect descendants (grandchildren, etc.) are intentionally not modified. Their PR diffs remain correct because the merge-base calculation still works—the synthetic merge commit includes the original parent commit as an ancestor. When their direct parent is eventually merged, they become direct children and get updated at that point.