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@@ -71,16 +71,16 @@ Example use:
 
 This setting is only applicable if you opt in to set `automerge` to `true` for any of your dependencies.
 
-Automerging defaults to doing to using Pull Requests (`automergeType="pr"`), i.e. Renovate first creates a branch, then an associated Pull Request, and then automerges the first time it detects that the Pull Requests status checks are "green". Note: if you have no tests and still want to automerge, don't forget to configure `requiredStatusChecks=null`.
+Automerging defaults to using Pull Requests (`automergeType="pr"`). In that case Renovate first creates a branch, then an associated Pull Request, and then automerges the first time it detects that the Pull Requests status checks are "green". Note: if you have no tests and still want to automerge, don't forget to configure `"requiredStatusChecks": null`.
 
-If you prefer that Renovate more silently automerge _without_ Pull Requests at all, you can set `automergeType="branch"`. In this case Renovate will:
+If you prefer that Renovate more silently automerge _without_ Pull Requests at all, you can set `"automergeType": "branch"`. In this case Renovate will:
 
-- Create the branch
+- Create the branch, wait for test results
 - Rebase it any time it gets out of date with the base branch
-- Automerge it if it's (a) up-to-date, and (b) passing all tests
-- As a backup, raise a PR only if either tests fail, or they remain pending for too long (default: 24 hours)
+- Automerge the branch commit if it's: (a) up-to-date with the base branch, and (b) passing all tests
+- As a backup, raise a PR only if either: (a) tests fail, or (b) tests remain pending for too long (default: 24 hours)
 
-The final value for `automergeType` is `pr-comment`, intended only for users who already have a "merge bot" such as [bors-ng](https://github.com/bors-ng/bors-ng) and want Renovate to _not_ actually automerge by itself and instead tell `bors-ng` to merge for it, by using a comment in the PR. If you're not already using `bors-ng` or similar, don't worry about this option.
+The final value for `automergeType` is `"pr-comment"`, intended only for users who already have a "merge bot" such as [bors-ng](https://github.com/bors-ng/bors-ng) and want Renovate to _not_ actually automerge by itself and instead tell `bors-ng` to merge for it, by using a comment in the PR. If you're not already using `bors-ng` or similar, don't worry about this option.
 
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