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-rw-r--r--Doc/Zsh/compctl.yo4
-rw-r--r--Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo3
-rw-r--r--Doc/Zsh/compwid.yo4
3 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/compctl.yo b/Doc/Zsh/compctl.yo
index 6b017cedc..85993e917 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/compctl.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/compctl.yo
@@ -666,7 +666,9 @@ sect(Matching Control)
 It is possible by use of the tt(-M) var(spec) flag to specify how the
 characters in the string to be completed (referred to here as the
 command line) map onto the characters in the list of matches produced by
-the completion code (referred to here as the trial completions).
+the completion code (referred to here as the trial completions). Note
+that this is not used if the command line contains a glob pattern and
+the tt(GLOB_COMPLETE) option is set.
 
 The var(spec) consists of one or more matching descriptions separated by
 whitespace. Each description consists of a letter followed by a colon,
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo b/Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo
index d66df069d..fc8d70ff8 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/compsys.yo
@@ -495,6 +495,9 @@ tt(match_insert) configuration key is set to a string starting with
 `tt(unambig)'. In this case menucompletion will only be started if no
 unambiguous string could be generated that is at least as long as the
 original string.
+
+Note that the matcher specifications defined globally or used by the
+completion functions will not be used.
 )
 item(tt(_expand))(
 This completer function does not really do completion, but instead
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/compwid.yo b/Doc/Zsh/compwid.yo
index e0ab37fb5..605a6d35a 100644
--- a/Doc/Zsh/compwid.yo
+++ b/Doc/Zsh/compwid.yo
@@ -329,6 +329,10 @@ other non-empty string.  If it is non-empty, unquoted metacharacters on the
 command line will be treated as patterns; if it is `tt(*)', then
 additionally a wildcard `tt(*)' is assumed at the cursor position; if
 it is empty or unset, metacharacters will be treated literally.
+
+Note that the matcher specifications given globally or to one of the
+builtin commands adding matches are not used if this is set to a
+non-empty string.
 )
 item(tt(pattern_insert))(
 Normally this is set to tt(menu), which specifies that menu-completion will