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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml
index d2608ad542..ce19f70df0 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/filename.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1997</year><year>2017</year>
+ <year>1997</year><year>2018</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -399,15 +399,18 @@ true
tuples <c>{<anno>BinSuffix</anno>, <anno>SourceSuffix</anno>}</c> and
is interpreted as follows: if the end of the directory name where the
object is located matches <c><anno>BinSuffix</anno></c>, then the
- source code directory has the same name, but with
- <c><anno>BinSuffix</anno></c> replaced by
- <c><anno>SourceSuffix</anno></c>. <c><anno>Rules</anno></c> defaults
+ name created by replacing <c><anno>BinSuffix</anno></c> with
+ <c><anno>SourceSuffix</anno></c> is expanded by calling
+ <seealso marker="filelib#wildcard/1">
+ <c>filelib:wildcard/1</c></seealso>.
+ If a regular file is found among the matches, the function
+ returns that location together with <c><anno>Options</anno></c>.
+ Otherwise the next rule is tried, and so on.</p>
+ <p><c><anno>Rules</anno></c> defaults
to:</p>
<code type="none">
-[{"", ""}, {"ebin", "src"}, {"ebin", "esrc"}]</code>
- <p>If the source file is found in the resulting directory, the function
- returns that location together with <c><anno>Options</anno></c>.
- Otherwise the next rule is tried, and so on.</p>
+[{"", ""}, {"ebin", "src"}, {"ebin", "esrc"},
+ {"ebin", "src/*"}, {"ebin", "esrc/*"}]</code>
<p>The function returns <c>{<anno>SourceFile</anno>,
<anno>Options</anno>}</c> if it succeeds.
<c><anno>SourceFile</anno></c> is the absolute path to the source