Merge branch 'jc/diff-numstat'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index a7bec3c101bf050347c0ef87d8529d6258926b58..d43ef1dec4f27361af1a32983c53aeea15468fe9 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ OPTIONS
 
 <branchname>::
        The name of the branch to create or delete.
+       The new branch name must pass all checks defined by
+       gitlink:git-check-ref-format[1].  Some of these checks
+       may restrict the characters allowed in a branch name.
 
 <start-point>::
        The new branch will be created with a HEAD equal to this.  It may