if (strncmp(ref, match, matchlen))
                                continue;
                }
-               if (check_ref_format(ref)) {
+               if (check_refname_format(ref, 0)) {
                        warning("ref '%s' ignored", ref);
                        continue;
                }
          "only show SHA1 hash using <n> digits",
          PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, &hash_callback },
        OPT__ABBREV(&abbrev),
-       OPT__QUIET(&quiet),
+       OPT__QUIET(&quiet,
+                  "do not print results to stdout (useful with --verify)"),
        { OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "exclude-existing", &exclude_existing_arg,
          "pattern", "show refs from stdin that aren't in local repository",
          PARSE_OPT_OPTARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG, exclude_existing_callback },
                        unsigned char sha1[20];
 
                        if (!prefixcmp(*pattern, "refs/") &&
-                           resolve_ref(*pattern, sha1, 1, NULL)) {
+                           !read_ref(*pattern, sha1)) {
                                if (!quiet)
                                        show_one(*pattern, sha1);
                        }