diff --git a/dev/tools/lib/roll_dev.dart b/dev/tools/lib/roll_dev.dart
index b37e992..cc7b132 100644
--- a/dev/tools/lib/roll_dev.dart
+++ b/dev/tools/lib/roll_dev.dart
@@ -85,8 +85,6 @@
     exit(1);
   }
 
-  runGit('checkout master', 'switch to master branch');
-
   if (getGitOutput('status --porcelain', 'check status of your local checkout') != '') {
     print('Your git repository is not clean. Try running "git clean -fd". Warning, this ');
     print('will delete files! Run with -n to find out which ones.');
@@ -94,7 +92,7 @@
   }
 
   runGit('fetch $origin', 'fetch $origin');
-  runGit('reset $commit --hard', 'check out master branch');
+  runGit('reset $commit --hard', 'reset to the release commit');
 
   String version = getFullTag();
   final Match match = parseFullTag(version);