diff --git a/web/src/i18n/strings.en.yaml b/web/src/i18n/strings.en.yaml
index 1a2855d8c..bf81b72f9 100644
--- a/web/src/i18n/strings.en.yaml
+++ b/web/src/i18n/strings.en.yaml
@@ -314,19 +314,19 @@ repoEmptyMarkdownClonePush: |
 
   ```sh
   cd REPO_NAME
-  git branch -M main
+  git branch -M DEFAULT_BRANCH
   echo "# Hello World" >> README.md
   git add README.md
   git commit -m "Initial commit"
-  git push -u origin main
+  git push -u origin DEFAULT_BRANCH
   ```
 repoEmptyMarkdownExisting: |
   ### Or you can push an existing repository
 
   ```sh
   git remote add REPO_URL
-  git branch -M main
-  git push -u origin main
+  git branch -M DEFAULT_BRANCH
+  git push -u origin DEFAULT_BRANCH
   ```
 
   You might need [to create an API token](CREATE_API_TOKEN_URL) in order to pull from or push into this repository.
diff --git a/web/src/pages/Repository/EmptyRepositoryInfo.tsx b/web/src/pages/Repository/EmptyRepositoryInfo.tsx
index 1801fde3b..11a7d030d 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/Repository/EmptyRepositoryInfo.tsx
+++ b/web/src/pages/Repository/EmptyRepositoryInfo.tsx
@@ -129,7 +129,9 @@ export const EmptyRepositoryInfo: React.FC<Pick<GitInfoProps, 'repoMetadata'>> =
         padding={{ top: 'xxlarge', bottom: 'xxlarge', left: 'xxlarge', right: 'xxlarge' }}
         className={css.divContainer}>
         <MarkdownViewer
-          source={getString('repoEmptyMarkdownClonePush').replace(/REPO_NAME/g, repoMetadata.uid || '')}
+          source={getString('repoEmptyMarkdownClonePush')
+            .replace(/REPO_NAME/g, repoMetadata.uid || '')
+            .replace(/DEFAULT_BRANCH/g, repoMetadata.default_branch || '')}
         />
       </Container>
       <Container
@@ -140,7 +142,8 @@ export const EmptyRepositoryInfo: React.FC<Pick<GitInfoProps, 'repoMetadata'>> =
           source={getString('repoEmptyMarkdownExisting')
             .replace(/REPO_URL/g, repoMetadata.git_url || '')
             .replace(/REPO_NAME/g, repoMetadata.uid || '')
-            .replace(/CREATE_API_TOKEN_URL/g, currentUserProfileURL || '')}
+            .replace(/CREATE_API_TOKEN_URL/g, currentUserProfileURL || '')
+            .replace(/DEFAULT_BRANCH/g, repoMetadata.default_branch || '')}
         />
       </Container>
       <CloneCredentialDialog flag={flag} setFlag={setFlag} />