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diff --git a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt
index 3c45895299..b0a309b117 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-show-ref.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ commit IDs. Results can be filtered using a pattern and tags can be
dereferenced into object IDs. Additionally, it can be used to test whether a
particular ref exists.
+By default, shows the tags, heads, and remote refs.
+
The --exclude-existing form is a filter that does the inverse, it shows the
refs from stdin that don't exist in the local repository.
@@ -32,26 +34,26 @@ OPTIONS
--head::
- Show the HEAD reference.
+ Show the HEAD reference, even if it would normally be filtered out.
--tags::
--heads::
- Limit to only "refs/heads" and "refs/tags", respectively. These
- options are not mutually exclusive; when given both, references stored
- in "refs/heads" and "refs/tags" are displayed.
+ Limit to "refs/heads" and "refs/tags", respectively. These options
+ are not mutually exclusive; when given both, references stored in
+ "refs/heads" and "refs/tags" are displayed.
-d::
--dereference::
- Dereference tags into object IDs as well. They will be shown with "^{}"
+ Dereference tags into object IDs as well. They will be shown with "{caret}{}"
appended.
-s::
--hash[=<n>]::
- Only show the SHA1 hash, not the reference name. When combined with
- --dereference the dereferenced tag will still be shown after the SHA1.
+ Only show the SHA-1 hash, not the reference name. When combined with
+ --dereference the dereferenced tag will still be shown after the SHA-1.
--verify::
@@ -73,9 +75,9 @@ OPTIONS
--exclude-existing[=<pattern>]::
Make 'git show-ref' act as a filter that reads refs from stdin of the
- form "^(?:<anything>\s)?<refname>(?:{backslash}{caret}\{\})?$"
+ form "`^(?:<anything>\s)?<refname>(?:\^{})?$`"
and performs the following actions on each:
- (1) strip "^{}" at the end of line if any;
+ (1) strip "{caret}{}" at the end of line if any;
(2) ignore if pattern is provided and does not head-match refname;
(3) warn if refname is not a well-formed refname and skip;
(4) ignore if refname is a ref that exists in the local repository;