29504: note when (#cN,M) can't be used in place of # or ##.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo
index 4c85d3119..adbc662e6 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo
@@ -1999,15 +1999,16 @@ point on.
 )
 item(tt(c)var(N)tt(,)var(M))(
 The flag tt(LPAR()#c)var(N)tt(,)var(M)tt(RPAR()) can be used anywhere
-that the tt(#) or tt(##) operators can be used; it cannot be combined
-with other globbing flags and a bad pattern error occurs if it is
-misplaced.  It is equivalent to the form tt({)var(N)tt(,)var(M)tt(}) in
-regular expressions.  The previous character or group is required to
-match between var(N) and var(M) times, inclusive.  The form
-tt(LPAR()#c)var(N)tt(RPAR()) requires exactly tt(N) matches;
-tt(LPAR()#c,)var(M)tt(RPAR()) is equivalent to specifying var(N) as 0;
-tt(LPAR()#c)var(N)tt(,RPAR()) specifies that there is no maximum limit
-on the number of matches.
+that the tt(#) or tt(##) operators can be used except in the expressions
+`tt((*/)#)' and `tt((*/)##)' in filename generation, where `tt(/)'
+has special meaning; it cannot be combined with other globbing flags and
+a bad pattern error occurs if it is misplaced.  It is equivalent to the
+form tt({)var(N)tt(,)var(M)tt(}) in regular expressions.  The previous
+character or group is required to match between var(N) and var(M) times,
+inclusive.  The form tt(LPAR()#c)var(N)tt(RPAR()) requires exactly tt(N)
+matches; tt(LPAR()#c,)var(M)tt(RPAR()) is equivalent to specifying var(N)
+as 0; tt(LPAR()#c)var(N)tt(,RPAR()) specifies that there is no maximum
+limit on the number of matches.
 )
 item(tt(m))(
 Set references to the match data for the entire string matched; this is