diff --git a/Documentation/filters.txt b/Documentation/filters.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ee17af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/filters.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+When combining multiple `--contains` and `--no-contains` filters, only
+references that contain at least one of the `--contains` commits and
+contain none of the `--no-contains` commits are shown.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
index 03c0824..aa5e4da 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-branch.txt
@@ -370,6 +370,8 @@
 - `--no-merged` is used to find branches which are candidates for merging
   into HEAD, since those branches are not fully contained by HEAD.
 
+include::filters.txt[]
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1],
diff --git a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
index 616ce46..c207ed9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-for-each-ref.txt
@@ -408,6 +408,11 @@
 database; in this case, it is undefined which copy's size or delta base
 will be reported.
 
+NOTES
+-----
+
+include::filters.txt[]
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkgit:git-show-ref[1]
diff --git a/Documentation/git-tag.txt b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
index f6d9791..dadbd71 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-tag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-tag.txt
@@ -377,6 +377,11 @@
 
 include::date-formats.txt[]
 
+NOTES
+-----
+
+include::filters.txt[]
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkgit:git-check-ref-format[1].