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diff --git a/Documentation/glossary.txt b/Documentation/glossary.txt
index 14449ca8b..894883d7b 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary.txt
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ object name::
 	character hexadecimal encoding of the hash of the object (possibly
 	followed by a white space).
 
-object type:
+object type::
 	One of the identifiers "commit","tree","tag" and "blob" describing
 	the type of an object.
 
@@ -282,6 +282,13 @@ SCM::
 SHA1::
 	Synonym for object name.
 
+symref::
+	Symbolic reference: instead of containing the SHA1 id itself, it
+	is of the format 'ref: refs/some/thing' and when referenced, it
+	recursively dereferences to this reference. 'HEAD' is a prime
+	example of a symref. Symbolic references are manipulated with
+	the gitlink:git-symbolic-ref[1] command.
+
 topic branch::
 	A regular git branch that is used by a developer to
 	identify a conceptual line of development.  Since branches
@@ -324,7 +331,7 @@ tag::
 	A tag is most typically used to mark a particular point in the
 	commit ancestry chain.
 
-unmerged index:
+unmerged index::
 	An index which contains unmerged index entries.
 
 working tree::