diff --git a/tools/whitespace.txt b/tools/whitespace.txt
index b2cafa7ced..c2f30959c1 100644
--- a/tools/whitespace.txt
+++ b/tools/whitespace.txt
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ Whitespaces are cool.
 Really cool.
 
 Testing Git updater.
+Testing updated refs to pending