Make <refname> documentation more consistent.

diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt
index fcee0008a9d868bb27c9eacbcfe72a3a3f8ed60f..5dbcd47fec3b605d0b4b3e6ed47c06cc57f1dd6d 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ OPTIONS
 --exclude-existing[=<pattern>]::
 
        Make 'git show-ref' act as a filter that reads refs from stdin of the
-       form "`{caret}(?:<anything>\s)?<refname>(?:{backslash}{caret}{})?$`"
+       form "`^(?:<anything>\s)?<refname>(?:\^{})?$`"
        and performs the following actions on each:
        (1) strip "{caret}{}" at the end of line if any;
        (2) ignore if pattern is provided and does not head-match refname;