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 * `0` or `false` - Disables the target.
 * `1` or `true` - Writes to `STDERR`.
 * `[2-9]` - Writes to the already opened file descriptor.
-* `<absolute-pathname>` - Writes to the file in append mode.
+* `<absolute-pathname>` - Writes to the file in append mode. If the target
+already exists and is a directory, the traces will be written to files (one
+per process) underneath the given directory.
 * `af_unix:[<socket_type>:]<absolute-pathname>` - Write to a
 Unix DomainSocket (on platforms that support them).  Socket
 type can be either `stream` or `dgram`; if omitted Git will