diff --git a/conf/example.gitolite.rc b/conf/example.gitolite.rc
index c563e81..4adcb5d 100644
--- a/conf/example.gitolite.rc
+++ b/conf/example.gitolite.rc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # self-explanatory and easy to maintain perl syntax :-)
 
 # --------------------------------------
-# Do not uncomment these values unless you know what you're doing
+# Do not change the next two lines unless you know what you're doing
 # $GL_PACKAGE_CONF = "";
 # $GL_PACKAGE_HOOKS = "";
 
diff --git a/doc/ssh-troubleshooting.mkd b/doc/ssh-troubleshooting.mkd
index 59570a2..3fe7e64 100644
--- a/doc/ssh-troubleshooting.mkd
+++ b/doc/ssh-troubleshooting.mkd
@@ -277,7 +277,14 @@ Otherwise, run these checks:
 
     If it prints the gitolite version and access info (see
     [doc/report-output.mkd][repout]), you managed to overwrite the `id_rsa`
-    keypair with the `sitaram` keypair, or something equally weird.
+    keypair with the `sitaram` keypair, or something equally weird.  This is
+    because a gitolite key, when used without any actual command, defaults to
+    running gitolite's internal "info" command.
+
+    **NOTE** starting with [version 5.6][openssh56], openssh will "Kill
+    channel when pty allocation requests fail".  This means that, instead of
+    seeing the version and access info as described above, you may only get a
+    message about pty allocation failure, followed by "connection closed".
 
 2.  `ssh gitolite info` should print some gitolite version and access info.
     If you get the output of the GNU info command instead, you probably reused
@@ -466,3 +473,4 @@ bigger problems than gitolite install not working!)]
 [urls]: http://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/blob/pu/doc/1-INSTALL.mkd#URLs_for_gitolite_managed_repos
 [repout]: http://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/blob/pu/doc/report-output.mkd
 [transcript]: http://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/blob/pu/doc/install-transcript.mkd
+[openssh56]: http://www.openssh.org/txt/release-5.6
diff --git a/doc/wildcard-repositories.mkd b/doc/wildcard-repositories.mkd
index 2c7241f..ffd2287 100644
--- a/doc/wildcard-repositories.mkd
+++ b/doc/wildcard-repositories.mkd
@@ -122,6 +122,15 @@ users are "READERS" and which are "WRITERS".  See later for details.
 
 <a name="_side_note_line_anchored_regexes"></a>
 
+### side-note: valid regexes
+
+Due to projects like `gtk+`, the `+` character is now considered a valid
+character for an *ordinary* repo.  Therefore, a pattern like `foo/.+` does not
+look like a regex to gitolite.  Use `foo/..*` if you want that.
+
+Also, `..*` by itself is not considered a valid repo pattern.  Try
+`[a-zA-Z0-9].*`.
+
 ### side-note: line-anchored regexes
 
 A regex like