Merge branch 'jc/fmt-patch'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 72fb2f89b48ea1b80cd6c4a0bd57a9122e59ad79..0b37e2bfc85706ca6d41c1c9e4fedcdce53a7578 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ 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