diff --git a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt
index f970196bc1..adc759612d 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitcredentials.txt
@@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ compares hostnames exactly, without considering whether two hosts are part of
 the same domain. Likewise, a config entry for `http://example.com` would not
 match: Git compares the protocols exactly.
 
+If the "pattern" URL does include a path component, then this too must match
+exactly: the context `https://example.com/bar/baz.git` will match a config
+entry for `https://example.com/bar/baz.git` (in addition to matching the config
+entry for `https://example.com`) but will not match a config entry for
+`https://example.com/bar`.
+
 
 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
 ---------------------