diff --git a/book/05-distributed-git/sections/contributing.asc b/book/05-distributed-git/sections/contributing.asc
index 2c6b08516..63728afbc 100644
--- a/book/05-distributed-git/sections/contributing.asc
+++ b/book/05-distributed-git/sections/contributing.asc
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ For example, if you want to submit a second topic of work to the project, don't
 $ git checkout -b featureB origin/master
   ... work ...
 $ git commit
-$ git push myfork featureB
+$ git push -u myfork featureB
 $ git request-pull origin/master myfork
   ... email generated request pull to maintainer ...
 $ git fetch origin
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ $ git checkout -b featureBv2 origin/master
 $ git merge --squash featureB
   ... change implementation ...
 $ git commit
-$ git push myfork featureBv2
+$ git push -u myfork featureBv2
 ----
 
 The `--squash` option takes all the work on the merged branch and squashes it into one changeset producing the repository state as if a real merge happened, without actually making a merge commit.