diff --git a/Documentation/glossary-content.adoc b/Documentation/glossary-content.adoc
index 20ba121314..8c4e9dd3be 100644
--- a/Documentation/glossary-content.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/glossary-content.adoc
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ full pathname may have special meaning:
    matches "`a/b`", "`a/x/b`", "`a/x/y/b`" and so on.
 
  - Other consecutive asterisks are considered invalid.
+
 +
 Glob magic is incompatible with literal magic.
 
@@ -452,6 +453,7 @@ these forms:
 
 - "`!ATTR`" requires that the attribute `ATTR` be
   unspecified.
+
 +
 Note that when matching against a tree object, attributes are still
 obtained from working tree, not from the given tree object.
@@ -560,14 +562,17 @@ The ref namespace is hierarchical.
 Ref names must either start with `refs/` or be located in the root of
 the hierarchy. For the latter, their name must follow these rules:
 +
+--
  - The name consists of only upper-case characters or underscores.
 
  - The name ends with "`_HEAD`" or is equal to "`HEAD`".
+--
 +
 There are some irregular refs in the root of the hierarchy that do not
 match these rules. The following list is exhaustive and shall not be
 extended in the future:
 +
+--
  - `AUTO_MERGE`
 
  - `BISECT_EXPECTED_REV`
@@ -577,6 +582,7 @@ extended in the future:
  - `NOTES_MERGE_REF`
 
  - `MERGE_AUTOSTASH`
+--
 +
 Different subhierarchies are used for different purposes. For example,
 the `refs/heads/` hierarchy is used to represent local branches whereas