diff --git a/Documentation/git-notes.txt b/Documentation/git-notes.txt
index ced2e8280e..0a4200674c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-notes.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-notes.txt
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ are taken from notes refs.  A notes ref is usually a branch which
 contains "files" whose paths are the object names for the objects
 they describe, with some directory separators included for performance
 reasons footnote:[Permitted pathnames have the form
-'ab'`/`'cd'`/`'ef'`/`'...'`/`'abcdef...': a sequence of directory
+'bf'`/`'fe'`/`'30'`/`'...'`/`'680d5a...': a sequence of directory
 names of two hexadecimal digits each followed by a filename with the
 rest of the object ID.].