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diff --git a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
index 7dc1bdb6..3ea720dd 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-check-ref-format.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ refname expressions (see gitlink:git-rev-parse[1]).  Namely:
 
 . colon `:` is used as in `srcref:dstref` to mean "use srcref\'s
   value and store it in dstref" in fetch and push operations.
+  It may also be used to select a specific object such as with
+  gitlink:git-cat-file[1] "git-cat-file blob v1.3.3:refs.c".
 
 
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