diff --git a/CHANGES/179.doc b/CHANGES/179.doc
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added a new paragraph about filtering remote content by refs.
diff --git a/docs/workflows/sync.rst b/docs/workflows/sync.rst
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--- a/docs/workflows/sync.rst
+++ b/docs/workflows/sync.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ Creating a remote object informs Pulp about an external content source::
 
     pulp ostree remote create --name bar --url https://fixtures.pulpproject.org/ostree/small/
 
+Use the standard Linux wildcards ``*``, ``?`` to include or exclude refs from a remote repository
+when syncing::
+
+    pulp ostree remote create --name bar-filtered --url https://fixtures.pulpproject.org/ostree/small/ --include-refs "[\"stable\"]" --exclude-refs "[\"raw*\"]"
+
 Sync the Repository
 -------------------