diff --git a/book/10-git-internals/sections/refspec.asc b/book/10-git-internals/sections/refspec.asc
index f8157ce56..dd880e999 100644
--- a/book/10-git-internals/sections/refspec.asc
+++ b/book/10-git-internals/sections/refspec.asc
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ From git@github.com:schacon/simplegit
 In this case, the `master` branch pull was rejected because it wasn't listed as a fast-forward reference.
 You can override that by specifying the `+` in front of the refspec.
 
+[[_segmenting_refspecs]]
+==== Segmenting Refspecs
+
 You can also specify multiple refspecs for fetching in your configuration file.
 If you want to always fetch the `master` and `experiment` branches from the `origin` remote, add two lines:
 
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@ If you want to always fetch the `master` and `experiment` branches from the `ori
 	fetch = +refs/heads/experiment:refs/remotes/origin/experiment
 ----
 
-Since Git 2.6.0 you can use partial globs in the pattern to match multiple branches, so this works:
+Since Git 2.6.0, you can use partial globs in the pattern to match multiple branches, so this works:
 
 [source,ini]
 ----
@@ -93,7 +96,19 @@ If you have a QA team that pushes a series of branches, and you want to get the
 	fetch = +refs/heads/qa/*:refs/remotes/origin/qa/*
 ----
 
-If you have a complex workflow process that has a QA team pushing branches, developers pushing branches, and integration teams pushing and collaborating on remote branches, you can namespace them easily this way.
+Since Git 2.29.0, you can also explicitly exclude patterns.
+Negative refspecs start with a `^` and do not include the remote.
+To get all the branches unless they start with an underscore, you can use config like this:
+
+[source,ini]
+----
+[remote "origin"]
+	url = https://github.com/schacon/simplegit-progit
+	fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
+	fetch = ^refs/heads/_*
+----
+
+If you have a complex workflow process that has a QA team pushing branches, developers pushing branches, and integration teams pushing and collaborating on remote branches, you can manage them with patterns like these.
 
 [[_pushing_refspecs]]
 ==== Pushing Refspecs