diff --git a/applications/utilities/miscellaneous/foamDictionary/foamDictionary.C b/applications/utilities/miscellaneous/foamDictionary/foamDictionary.C
index 5ce8d3a894d6f0248a334bc3fd671a5cd32b7402..88a4df557c349c290b8d8ca1d77e56492b85f54d 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/miscellaneous/foamDictionary/foamDictionary.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/miscellaneous/foamDictionary/foamDictionary.C
@@ -113,6 +113,14 @@ Usage
         dictionary with keyword 'entryDDD' where DDD is the position
         in the dictionary (after ignoring the FoamFile entry).
 
+    Notes:
+        - the use of '.' as the scoping symbol might conflict with
+        e.g. file extensions ('.' is not really considered
+        to be a valid word character). Instead use the '/' as a scoping
+        character e.g.
+          foamDictionary system/snappyHexMeshDict \
+            -entry /geometry/motorBike.obj -remove
+
 \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 #include "argList.H"