Looking at which programs use and document globbing patterns, it seems odd that some manuals point at glob's C API in the "Library functions" sections instead of the list of special characters in the "Miscellaneous information" section actual patterns are described.
Diff below adjusts pax(1), tar(1), sftp(1), ssh_config(5), tmux(1), syslogd.conf(5) as per `man -k xr=glob'. find(1) already mentions section 7. Feeback? Index: /usr/src/bin/pax/pax.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/bin/pax/pax.1,v retrieving revision 1.73 diff -u -p -r1.73 pax.1 --- /usr/src/bin/pax/pax.1 26 Aug 2016 04:40:27 -0000 1.73 +++ /usr/src/bin/pax/pax.1 20 Jul 2018 11:34:49 -0000 @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ The operand is used to select one or more pathnames of archive members. Archive members are selected using the pattern matching notation described by -.Xr glob 3 . +.Xr glob 7 . When the .Ar pattern operand is not supplied, all members of the archive will be selected. Index: /usr/src/bin/pax/tar.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/bin/pax/tar.1,v retrieving revision 1.60 diff -u -p -r1.60 tar.1 --- /usr/src/bin/pax/tar.1 9 Oct 2017 15:54:39 -0000 1.60 +++ /usr/src/bin/pax/tar.1 20 Jul 2018 11:55:04 -0000 @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ command line, only those files will be l The .Ar file arguments may be specified as glob patterns (see -.Xr glob 3 +.Xr glob 7 for more information), in which case .Nm will list all archive members that match each pattern. @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ archive. The .Ar file arguments may be specified as glob patterns (see -.Xr glob 3 +.Xr glob 7 for more information), in which case .Nm will extract all archive members that match each pattern. @@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ to a file called Verbosely create an archive, called .Pa backup.tar.gz , of all files matching the shell -.Xr glob 3 +.Xr glob 7 function .Pa *.c : .Pp Index: /usr/src/usr.bin/tmux/tmux.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/tmux/tmux.1,v retrieving revision 1.606 diff -u -p -r1.606 tmux.1 --- /usr/src/usr.bin/tmux/tmux.1 6 Jul 2018 07:11:23 -0000 1.606 +++ /usr/src/usr.bin/tmux/tmux.1 20 Jul 2018 11:35:00 -0000 @@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ show debugging information about jobs an Execute commands from .Ar path (which may be a -.Xr glob 3 +.Xr glob 7 pattern). If .Fl q Index: /usr/src/usr.bin/ssh/sftp.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/ssh/sftp.1,v retrieving revision 1.116 diff -u -p -r1.116 sftp.1 --- /usr/src/usr.bin/ssh/sftp.1 9 Jun 2018 06:36:31 -0000 1.116 +++ /usr/src/usr.bin/ssh/sftp.1 20 Jul 2018 11:39:55 -0000 @@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ to .Ar grp . .Ar path may contain -.Xr glob 3 +.Xr glob 7 characters and may match multiple files. .Ar grp must be a numeric GID. @@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ to .Ar mode . .Ar path may contain -.Xr glob 3 +.Xr glob 7 characters and may match multiple files. .It Ic chown Ar own Ar path Change owner of file @@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ to .Ar own . .Ar path may contain -.Xr glob 3 +.Xr glob 7 characters and may match multiple files. .Ar own must be a numeric UID. @@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ path name is not specified, it is given remote machine. .Ar remote-path may contain -.Xr glob 3 +.Xr glob 7 characters and may match multiple files. If it does and .Ar local-path @@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ may contain any flags supported by the l command. .Ar path may contain -.Xr glob 3 +.Xr glob 7 characters and may match multiple files. .It Ic lmkdir Ar path Create local directory specified by @@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ or the current directory if is not specified. .Ar path may contain -.Xr glob 3 +.Xr glob 7 characters and may match multiple files. .Pp The following flags are recognized and alter the behaviour of @@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ If the remote path name is not specified on the local machine. .Ar local-path may contain -.Xr glob 3 +.Xr glob 7 characters and may match multiple files. If it does and .Ar remote-path @@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ Synonym for help. .Xr ssh 1 , .Xr ssh-add 1 , .Xr ssh-keygen 1 , -.Xr glob 3 , +.Xr glob 7 , .Xr ssh_config 5 , .Xr sftp-server 8 , .Xr sshd 8 Index: /usr/src/usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5,v retrieving revision 1.279 diff -u -p -r1.279 ssh_config.5 --- /usr/src/usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5 4 Jul 2018 13:49:31 -0000 1.279 +++ /usr/src/usr.bin/ssh/ssh_config.5 20 Jul 2018 11:26:06 -0000 @@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ to unknown options that appear before it .It Cm Include Include the specified configuration file(s). Multiple pathnames may be specified and each pathname may contain -.Xr glob 3 +.Xr glob 7 wildcards and, for user configurations, shell-like .Sq ~ references to user home directories. Index: /usr/src/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5,v retrieving revision 1.37 diff -u -p -r1.37 syslog.conf.5 --- /usr/src/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5 17 Jul 2018 13:51:47 -0000 1.37 +++ /usr/src/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslog.conf.5 20 Jul 2018 11:33:59 -0000 @@ -102,7 +102,9 @@ Each block of lines is separated from th The tag is a line beginning with .Em !prog and each block will be associated with calls to syslog from that specific -program (matched using shell globbing rules). +program (matched using +.Xr glob 7 +rules). When a message matches multiple blocks, the action of each matching block is taken. If no tag is specified at the beginning of the file,
