diff --git a/getting_started/03_file_management.ipynb b/getting_started/03_file_management.ipynb
index b9d93b6c8bc57e9f6a77208399856b2e22bfe547..3aa9736d36d72f754dfeae3a7628d429afd2e55f 100644
--- a/getting_started/03_file_management.ipynb
+++ b/getting_started/03_file_management.ipynb
@@ -805,6 +805,14 @@
     "  and `fnmatch.filter` functions to identify which paths match your pattern.\n",
     "\n",
     "\n",
+    "Note that the syntax used by `glob` and `fnmatch` is similar, but __not__\n",
+    "identical to the syntax that you are used to from `bash`. Refer to the\n",
+    "[`fnmatch` module](https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/fnmatch.html)\n",
+    "documentation for details. If you need more complicated pattern matching, you\n",
+    "can use regular expressions, available via the [`re`\n",
+    "module](https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/re.html).\n",
+    "\n",
+    "\n",
     "For example, let's retrieve all images that are in our data set:"
    ]
   },
diff --git a/getting_started/03_file_management.md b/getting_started/03_file_management.md
index 73527cab7c51c33a175d3dd3218fdc42f59c4567..614425ba204e7d8cee58d8b7b4acf39f55107d20 100644
--- a/getting_started/03_file_management.md
+++ b/getting_started/03_file_management.md
@@ -615,8 +615,17 @@ pattern matching logic.
   and `fnmatch.filter` functions to identify which paths match your pattern.
 
 
+Note that the syntax used by `glob` and `fnmatch` is similar, but __not__
+identical to the syntax that you are used to from `bash`. Refer to the
+[`fnmatch` module](https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/fnmatch.html)
+documentation for details. If you need more complicated pattern matching, you
+can use regular expressions, available via the [`re`
+module](https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/re.html).
+
+
 For example, let's retrieve all images that are in our data set:
 
+
 ```
 allimages = glob(op.join('raw_mri_data', '**', '*.nii*'), recursive=True)
 print('All images in experiment:')