--- a/tests/test-topic-tutorial.t	Thu Sep 21 15:27:20 2017 +0200
+++ b/tests/test-topic-tutorial.t	Thu Sep 21 16:25:58 2017 +0200
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@
 finalized (moved to the public phase). They can help users to organize and share
 their unfinished work.
 
+In this tutorial, we explain how to use topics for local development. There is
+a central *publishing* server, which means no unfinished work escapes the local
+repository.
+
+
 Topic Basics
 ============
 
@@ -1049,8 +1054,9 @@
   [255]
 
 
-Even after a rebase, pushing all active topics at the same time will complain
-about the multiple heads it would create on that branch:
+Even after a rebase, pushing all active topics at the same time would publish
+them to the default branch, and then mercurial would complain about the
+multiple *public* heads it would create on that branch:
 
   $ hg rebase -b drinks
   rebasing 9:8dfa45bd5e0c "Adding apple juice"