diff --git a/docs/CARETAKER.md b/docs/CARETAKER.md
index fa8689cc9f..cb2bf3672c 100644
--- a/docs/CARETAKER.md
+++ b/docs/CARETAKER.md
@@ -7,30 +7,11 @@ Caretaker is responsible for merging PRs into the individual branches and intern
 - Draining the queue of PRs ready to be merged. (PRs with [`PR action: merge`](https://github.com/angular/angular/pulls?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Apr+label%3A%22PR+action%3A+merge%22) label)
 - Assigining [new issues](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+no%3Alabel) to individual component authors.
 
-## Setup
-
-### Set `upstream` to fetch PRs into your local repo
-
-Use this conmmands to configure your `git` to fetch PRs into your local repo.
-
-```
-git remote add upstream git@github.com:angular/angular.git
-git config --add remote.upstream.fetch +refs/pull/*/head:refs/remotes/upstream/pr/*
-```
-
-
 ## Merging the PR
 
 A PR needs to have `PR action: merge` and `PR target: *` labels to be considered
 ready to merge. Merging is performed by running `merge-pr` with a PR number to merge.
 
-NOTE: before running `merge-pr` ensure that you have synced all of the PRs
-locally by running:
-
-```
-$ git fetch upstream
-```
-
 To merge a PR run:
 
 ```
@@ -40,6 +21,7 @@ $ ./scripts/github/merge-pr 1234
 The `merge-pr` script will:
 - Ensure that all approriate labels are on the PR.
 - That the current branch (`master` or `?.?.x` patch) mathches the `PR target: *` label.
+- Fetches the latest PR code from the `angular/angular` repo.
 - It will `cherry-pick` all of the SHAs from the PR into the current branch.
 - It will rewrite commit history by automatically adding `Close #1234` and `(#1234)` into the commit message.
 
@@ -53,8 +35,8 @@ $ ./scripts/github/merge-pr 1234
 ======================
 GitHub Merge PR Steps
 ======================
-   git cherry-pick upstream/pr/1234~1..upstream/pr/1234
-   git filter-branch -f --msg-filter "/usr/local/google/home/misko/angular-pr/scripts/github/utils/github.closes 1234" HEAD~1..HEAD
+   git cherry-pick angular/pr/1234~1..angular/pr/1234
+   git filter-branch -f --msg-filter "/home/misko/angular/scripts/github/utils/github.closes 1234" HEAD~1..HEAD
 ```
 
 If the `cherry-pick` command fails than resolve conflicts and use `git cherry-pick --continue` once ready. After the `cherry-pick` is done cut&paste and run the `filter-branch` command to properly rewrite the messages
diff --git a/scripts/github/merge-pr b/scripts/github/merge-pr
index 08233759e5..871811053c 100755
--- a/scripts/github/merge-pr
+++ b/scripts/github/merge-pr
@@ -67,17 +67,20 @@ else
 fi
 
 
-CHERRY_PICK_PR="git cherry-pick upstream/pr/$PR_NUMBER~$PR_SHA_COUNT..upstream/pr/$PR_NUMBER"
+FETCH_PR="git fetch https://github.com/angular/angular.git pull/$PR_NUMBER/head:angular/pr/$PR_NUMBER"
+CHERRY_PICK_PR="git cherry-pick angular/pr/$PR_NUMBER~$PR_SHA_COUNT..angular/pr/$PR_NUMBER"
 REWRITE_MESSAGE="git filter-branch -f --msg-filter \"$BASEDIR/utils/github_closes.js $PR_NUMBER\" HEAD~$PR_SHA_COUNT..HEAD"
 
 echo "======================"
 echo "GitHub Merge PR Steps"
 echo "======================"
+echo "   $FETCH_PR"
 echo "   $CHERRY_PICK_PR"
 echo "   $REWRITE_MESSAGE"
 echo "----------------------"
 
 echo ">>> Cherry Pick: $CHERRY_PICK_PR"
+$FETCH_PR
 $CHERRY_PICK_PR
 
 echo