branch point of elliptic curve

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Sorry for my bad English.

Let $X$ be elliptic curve over algebraic closed field $k$, and $P_0\in X$.

By Hartshorne's Algebraic geometry, linear system $|2P_0|$ define morphism $f:X\to \mathbb{P}^1$such that degree$f=2$.

By Hartshorne, $f$ ramify at $P_0$. But I can't understand, help me.