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diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
index 8060ed831..246bf6096 100644
--- a/refs.h
+++ b/refs.h
@@ -28,13 +28,23 @@ struct ref_lock {
#define REF_ISBROKEN 0x04
/*
- * Calls the specified function for each ref file until it returns
- * nonzero, and returns the value. Please note that it is not safe to
- * modify references while an iteration is in progress, unless the
- * same callback function invocation that modifies the reference also
- * returns a nonzero value to immediately stop the iteration.
+ * The signature for the callback function for the for_each_*()
+ * functions below. The memory pointed to by the refname and sha1
+ * arguments is only guaranteed to be valid for the duration of a
+ * single callback invocation.
+ */
+typedef int each_ref_fn(const char *refname,
+ const unsigned char *sha1, int flags, void *cb_data);
+
+/*
+ * The following functions invoke the specified callback function for
+ * each reference indicated. If the function ever returns a nonzero
+ * value, stop the iteration and return that value. Please note that
+ * it is not safe to modify references while an iteration is in
+ * progress, unless the same callback function invocation that
+ * modifies the reference also returns a nonzero value to immediately
+ * stop the iteration.
*/
-typedef int each_ref_fn(const char *refname, const unsigned char *sha1, int flags, void *cb_data);
extern int head_ref(each_ref_fn, void *);
extern int for_each_ref(each_ref_fn, void *);
extern int for_each_ref_in(const char *, each_ref_fn, void *);