14fcdb708c646677f8cbe059bf6d76d8a4f5b2d6
galt
  Wed Oct 29 11:04:46 2025 -0700
added a dash to the allowed chars list. refs #19482, #30010

diff --git src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/trackDb/trackDbLibrary.shtml src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/trackDb/trackDbLibrary.shtml
index c1caac6714f..95390f7431b 100644
--- src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/trackDb/trackDbLibrary.shtml
+++ src/hg/htdocs/goldenPath/help/trackDb/trackDbLibrary.shtml
@@ -129,31 +129,31 @@
 <!-- - - - - - - - COMMON settings - - - - - - - -->
 <DIV class="commonSettings_intro">
     The following settings, which must be defined for each trackDb record, are common to all
     data format types.  The first few settings are required for all tracks.  Some type-specific
     requirements will be mentioned in the appropriate sections to follow.
 </DIV>
 
 <DIV class="track"><span class="types all"></span>
     <div class="format all"><code>track</code></div>
     <P class="isRequired">Required: <span class="red">Yes</span></P>
     <P>This is the name of
     the dataset and must be unique within the Genome Browser or
     dataHub.  Typically this is the MariaDB table name or remote data
     file root name (without path or suffix).  Must begin with a letter
     and contain only the following chars:
-    [<code>a-zA-Z0-9_</code>].</P>
+    [<code>a-zA-Z0-9_-</code>].</P>
     <P><B>Example:</B></P>
     <pre>   track myFirstTrack</pre>
 </DIV>
 
 <DIV class="type"><span class="types all"></span>
     <div class="format"><code>type</code></div>
     <P class="isRequired">Required: <span class="red">Yes</span></P>
     <P>Declares the format of the data and is used to
     determine display methods and options.</P>
     <P>Valid settings:</P>
     <P>
     <A onclick="return jumpTo(this);" HREF="#">altGraphX</A>,
     <A onclick="return jumpTo(this);" HREF="#">bam</A>,
     <A onclick="return jumpTo(this);" HREF="#">bed</A>,
     <A onclick="return jumpTo(this);" HREF="#">bed5FloatScore</A>,