diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
index e4706615be147f71a4c840e386f14d141b4436aa..aa1c8880dd491a5840492d610c44fec6e07684ca 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.txt
@@ -362,12 +362,12 @@ full pathname may have special meaning:
 
  - A leading "`**`" followed by a slash means match in all
    directories. For example, "`**/foo`" matches file or directory
-   "`foo`" anywhere, the same as pattern "`foo`". "**/foo/bar"
+   "`foo`" anywhere, the same as pattern "`foo`". "`**/foo/bar`"
    matches file or directory "`bar`" anywhere that is directly
    under directory "`foo`".
 
- - A trailing "/**" matches everything inside. For example,
-   "abc/**" matches all files inside directory "abc", relative
+ - A trailing "`/**`" matches everything inside. For example,
+   "`abc/**`" matches all files inside directory "abc", relative
    to the location of the `.gitignore` file, with infinite depth.
 
  - A slash followed by two consecutive asterisks then a slash