diff --git a/internal/filter/filter.go b/internal/filter/filter.go
index 0b25c98c4..0cc9512d4 100644
--- a/internal/filter/filter.go
+++ b/internal/filter/filter.go
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ var ErrBadString = errors.New("filter.Match: string is empty")
 //
 // Pattern can be a combination of patterns suitable for filepath.Match, joined
 // by filepath.Separator.
+//
+// In addition patterns suitable for filepath.Match, pattern accepts a
+// recursive wildcard '**', which greedily matches an arbitrary number of
+// intermediate directories.
 func Match(pattern, str string) (matched bool, err error) {
 	if pattern == "" {
 		return true, nil
@@ -46,6 +50,10 @@ func Match(pattern, str string) (matched bool, err error) {
 //
 // Pattern can be a combination of patterns suitable for filepath.Match, joined
 // by filepath.Separator.
+//
+// In addition patterns suitable for filepath.Match, pattern accepts a
+// recursive wildcard '**', which greedily matches an arbitrary number of
+// intermediate directories.
 func ChildMatch(pattern, str string) (matched bool, err error) {
 	if pattern == "" {
 		return true, nil
diff --git a/internal/filter/filter_test.go b/internal/filter/filter_test.go
index 5e940369c..bd2070e56 100644
--- a/internal/filter/filter_test.go
+++ b/internal/filter/filter_test.go
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ var matchTests = []struct {
 	{"foo/**/bar/*.go", "/home/user/foo/bar/test.go", true},
 	{"foo/**/bar/*.go", "x/foo/bar/test.go", true},
 	{"foo/**/bar/*.go", "foo/bar/test.go", true},
+	{"foo/**/bar/*.go", "foo/bar/baz/bar/test.go", true},
 	{"foo/**/bar/*.go", "/home/user/foo/test.c", false},
 	{"foo/**/bar/*.go", "bar/foo/main.go", false},
 	{"foo/**/bar/*.go", "/foo/bar/main.go", true},
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ var childMatchTests = []struct {
 	{"/foo/bar/baz", "/foo/bar", true},
 	{"/foo/bar/baz", "/foo/baz", false},
 	{"/foo/**/baz", "/foo/bar/baz", true},
+	{"/foo/**/baz", "/foo/bar/baz/blah", true},
 	{"/foo/**/qux", "/foo/bar/baz/qux", true},
 	{"/baz/bar", "/foo", false},
 	{"/foo", "/foo/bar", true},