diff --git a/mercurial/help/patterns.txt b/mercurial/help/patterns.txt
--- a/mercurial/help/patterns.txt
+++ b/mercurial/help/patterns.txt
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ patterns.
 Alternate pattern notations must be specified explicitly.
 
 .. note::
-  Patterns specified in ``.hgignore`` are not rooted. Please see
-  :hg:`help hgignore` for details.
+  Patterns specified in ``.hgignore`` are not rooted. 
+  Please see :hg:`help hgignore` for details.
 
 To use a plain path name without any pattern matching, start it with
 ``path:``. These path names must completely match starting at the