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diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index 178692a21e..595f2db8b0 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -680,11 +680,18 @@
BB_ALLOWED_NETWORKS = "*.gnu.org"
</literallayout>
<note><title>Important</title>
- The use of the "<filename>*</filename>"
+ <para>The use of the "<filename>*</filename>"
character only works at the beginning of
- a host name.
+ a host name and it must be isolated from
+ the remainder of the host name.
You cannot use the wildcard character in any
- other location of the name.
+ other location of the name or combined with
+ the front part of the name.</para>
+
+ <para>For example,
+ <filename>*.foo.bar</filename> is supported,
+ while <filename>*aa.foo.bar</filename> is not.
+ </para>
</note>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
@@ -1152,7 +1159,7 @@
<para>
When specifying recipe files, you can pattern match using
Python's
- <ulink url='https://docs.python.org/2/library/glob.html'><filename>glob</filename></ulink>
+ <ulink url='https://docs.python.org/3/library/glob.html'><filename>glob</filename></ulink>
syntax.
For details on the syntax, see the documentation by
following the previous link.
@@ -1296,7 +1303,7 @@
the files.
For complete syntax information, see Python's
documentation at
- <ulink url='http://docs.python.org/release/2.3/lib/re-syntax.html'></ulink>.
+ <ulink url='http://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html#re'></ulink>.
</para>
<para>