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diff --git a/Documentation/git-grep.txt b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
index 15d6711d4..6a8b1e3a7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-grep.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-grep.txt
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ OPTIONS
 --max-depth <depth>::
 	For each <pathspec> given on command line, descend at most <depth>
 	levels of directories. A negative value means no limit.
+	This option is ignored if <pathspec> contains active wildcards.
+	In other words if "a*" matches a directory named "a*",
+	"*" is matched literally so --max-depth is still effective.
 
 -w::
 --word-regexp::