# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 788195517 0
# Node ID 2e5dcd5f309088181f2c30c6791c773c33f80ac1
# Parent  8a933302229cbd96d13b5be55c2323216f3be808
Recommend doc strings for all functions and variables.

diff -r 8a933302229c -r 2e5dcd5f3090 lispref/tips.texi
--- a/lispref/tips.texi	Fri Dec 23 15:06:14 1994 +0000
+++ b/lispref/tips.texi	Fri Dec 23 15:11:57 1994 +0000
@@ -304,8 +304,10 @@
 should have a documentation string.
 
 @item
-An internal subroutine of a Lisp program need not have a documentation
-string, and you can save space by using a comment instead.
+An internal variable or subroutine of a Lisp program might as well have
+a documentation string.  In earlier Emacs versions, you could save space
+by using a comment instead of a documentation string, but that is no
+longer the case.
 
 @item
 The first line of the documentation string should consist of one or two