diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ through the Gerrit workflow at MLZ
 branches:
 
 - mlz: master from forge.frm2.tum.de:29418/sine2020/secop/playground
+  this is not present at git.psi.ch:sinqdev/frappy.git!
 - master: keep in sync with above before pushing to psi repo (git.psi.ch:sinqdev/frappy.git)
 - work: current working version, usually in use on /home/l_samenv/frappy (and on neutron instruments)
   this should be a copy of an earlier state of the wip branch
@@ -28,9 +29,13 @@ where commits may be cherry picked for input to Gerrit. As generally in the revi
 changes are done, eventually a sync step should happen:
 
 1) make copies of branches work and wip
-2) pull changes to master from mlz
-3) cherry-pick commits (from master) to lastsynced
-4) copy lastsynced branch to wip with 'git checkout -B wip'
-5) in wip cherry-pick commits not yet feeded into Gerrit from above wip copy
-6) decide from where to take new work branch (probably from wip)
-7) delete branch copies not needed any more
+2) pull changes from mlz repo to mlz branch
+3) merge to master: git checkout master / git merge mlz / git push
+4) cherry-pick commits (from master) to lastsynced
+5) copy lastsynced branch to wip with 'git checkout -B wip'.
+   Not sure if this works, as wip is to be pushed to git.psi.ch.
+   We might first remove the remote branch with 'git push origin --delte wip'.
+   And then create again (check how to do that)?
+6) in wip: cherry-pick commits not yet feeded into Gerrit from copy in step (1)
+7) decide from where to take new work branch (probably from wip)
+8) delete branch copies not needed any more