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@@ -659,6 +659,17 @@ Copyright 2009, 2010 Angela Watts</programlisting>
Exclusions are only supported by adding <varname>Files</varname>
paragraphs to override the previous match.
</para>
+ <para>
+ This syntax does not distinguish file names from directory
+ names; a trailing slash in a pattern will never match any
+ actual path. A whole directory tree may be selected with a
+ pattern like "foo/*".
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The space character, used to separate patterns, cannot be
+ escaped with a backslash. A path like "foo bar" may be
+ selected with a pattern like "foo?bar".
+ </para>
</section>
</section>