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diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
index 636e9516b..f7f84c644 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
@@ -26,13 +26,15 @@ imposes the following rules on how refs are named:
 
 . It cannot have ASCII control character (i.e. bytes whose
   values are lower than \040, or \177 `DEL`), space, tilde `~`,
-  caret `{caret}`, or colon `:` anywhere;
+  caret `{caret}`, colon `:`, question-mark `?`, asterisk `*`,
+  or open bracket `[` anywhere;
 
 . It cannot end with a slash `/`.
 
 These rules makes it easy for shell script based tools to parse
-refnames, and also avoids ambiguities in certain refname
-expressions (see gitlink:git-rev-parse[1]).  Namely:
+refnames, pathname expansion by the shell when a refname is used
+unquoted (by mistake), and also avoids ambiguities in certain
+refname expressions (see gitlink:git-rev-parse[1]).  Namely:
 
 . double-dot `..` are often used as in `ref1..ref2`, and in some
   context this notation means `{caret}ref1 ref2` (i.e. not in