--- doc/bash.1~	Fri May 31 00:45:57 2002
+++ doc/bash.1	Fri May 31 00:48:52 2002
@@ -1456,7 +1456,9 @@
 is excluded from the list of matched filenames.
 A sample value is
 .if t \f(CW".o:~"\fP.
-.if n ".o:~".
+.if n ".o:~"
+(Quoting is needed when assigning a value to this variable,
+which contains tildes).
 .TP
 .B GLOBIGNORE
 A colon-separated list of patterns defining the set of filenames to