Merge branch 'stable-3.9'
* stable-3.9:
Document which characters are allowed for pre-/post-fixes of OWNERS files
Change-Id: I754f0149ee11bb02f71728e32b6d49e7c885ba76
diff --git a/resources/Documentation/backends.md b/resources/Documentation/backends.md
index 7069717..63ff69a 100644
--- a/resources/Documentation/backends.md
+++ b/resources/Documentation/backends.md
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
| `find-owners` | `<prefix>_OWNERS`, `OWNERS_<extension>` |
| `proto` | `<prefix>_OWNERS_METADATA`, `OWNERS_METADATA_<extension>` |
+For "`<prefix>`" and "`<extension>`" only strings are allowed that match with
+"`([A-Za-z0-9_-])+`".
+
Primary and secondary code owner config files are [validated](validation.html)
by the `@PLUGIN@` plugin when they are changed to ensure that they are always
parsable and valid.
