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diff --git a/README b/README
index d995a05..32e1b4c 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ not include variables usually directly set during build):
  * $fallback_encoding
    Gitweb assumes this charset if line contains non-UTF-8 characters.
    Fallback decoding is used without error checking, so it can be even
-   'utf-8'. Value mist be valid encodig; see Encoding::Supported(3pm) man
+   'utf-8'. Value must be valid encoding; see Encoding::Supported(3pm) man
    page for a list.   By default 'latin1', aka. 'iso-8859-1'.
  * @diff_opts
    Rename detection options for git-diff and git-diff-tree. By default
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ named without a .git extension (e.g. /pub/git/project instead of
 
 	DocumentRoot /var/www/gitweb
 
-	AliasMatch ^(/.*?)(\.git)(/.*)? /pub/git$1$3
+	AliasMatch ^(/.*?)(\.git)(/.*)?$ /pub/git$1$3
 	<Directory /var/www/gitweb>
 		Options ExecCGI
 		AddHandler cgi-script cgi
@@ -401,6 +401,14 @@ http://git.example.com/project
 
 will provide human-friendly gitweb access.
 
+This solution is not 100% bulletproof, in the sense that if some project
+has a named ref (branch, tag) starting with 'git/', then paths such as
+
+http://git.example.com/project/command/abranch..git/abranch
+
+will fail with a 404 error.
+
+
 
 Originally written by:
   Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>