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 To select a set of pages, such as pages that are locked, pages
 whose commit emails you want subscribe to, or pages to combine into a
-[[blog]], the wiki uses a PageSpec. This is an expression that matches
+blog, the wiki uses a PageSpec. This is an expression that matches
 a set of pages.
 
 The simplest PageSpec is a simple list of pages. For example, this matches
@@ -21,19 +21,23 @@ match all pages except for Discussion pages and the SandBox:
 
 	* and !SandBox and !*/Discussion
 
-It's also possible to match pages that link to a given page, by writing
-"`link(page)`". Or, match pages that a given page links to, by
-writing "`backlink(page)`". Or match pages created in a given month, year,
-or day of the month by writing "`creation_month(month)`",
-"`creation_year(year)`" or "`creation_day(mday)`".
+Some more elaborate limits can be added to what matches using any of these
+functions:
 
-For example, to match all pages in a blog that link to the page about music
-and were written on Mondays in 2005:
+* "`link(page)`" - match only pages that link to a given page
+* "`backlink(page)`" - match only pages that a given page links to
+* "`creation_month(month)`" - match only pages created on the given month
+* "`creation_day(mday)`" - or day of the month
+* "`creation_year(year)`" - or year
+* "`created_after(page)`" - match only pages created after the given page
+  was created
+* "`created_before(page)`" - match only pages created before the given page
+  was created
 
-	blog/* and link(music) and creation_year(2005) and creation_day(0)
+For example, to match all pages in a blog that link to the page about music
+and were written in 2005:
 
-Matches can also be used to limit matching to pages created before or after
-a given date. 
+	blog/* and link(music) and creation_year(2005)
 
 More complex expressions can also be created, by using parentheses for
 grouping. For example, to match pages in a blog that are tagged with either
@@ -41,6 +45,12 @@ of two tags, use:
 
 	blog/* and (link(tag/foo) or link(tag/bar))
 
+Note that page names in PageSpecs are matched against the absolute
+filenames of the pages in the wiki, so a pagespec "foo" used on page
+"a/b" will not match a page named "a/foo" or "a/b/foo". To match
+relative to the directory of the page containing the pagespec, you can
+use "./". For example, "./foo" on page "a/b" matches page "a/foo".
+
 ## Old syntax
 
 The old PageSpec syntax was called a "GlobList", and worked differently in