notes: correct documentation of DWIMery for notes references

diff --git a/Documentation/git-notes.txt b/Documentation/git-notes.txt
index 851518d531b53966dc6dca1321c71e8381f50e7b..b8889ecf1c963bda1da8faf4439b75cc6a1d48a5 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-notes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-notes.txt
@@ -162,7 +162,9 @@ OPTIONS
 --ref <ref>::
        Manipulate the notes tree in <ref>.  This overrides
        'GIT_NOTES_REF' and the "core.notesRef" configuration.  The ref
-       is taken to be in `refs/notes/` if it is not qualified.
+       specifies the full refname when it begins with `refs/notes/`; when it
+       begins with `notes/`, `refs/` and otherwise `refs/notes/` is prefixed
+       to form a full name of the ref.
 
 --ignore-missing::
        Do not consider it an error to request removing notes from an