# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1011744023 0
# Node ID 4df576b320fbfaebb38c3ad1703f824c31d46346
# Parent  9e0a0017c70db3568bb6483fedf433f4f4ed3abd
Minor explanation.

diff -r 9e0a0017c70d -r 4df576b320fb man/info.texi
--- a/man/info.texi	Tue Jan 22 23:03:47 2002 +0000
+++ b/man/info.texi	Wed Jan 23 00:00:23 2002 +0000
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 @syncodeindex vr cp
 @syncodeindex ky cp
 @comment %**end of header
-@comment $Id: info.texi,v 1.16 2001/09/19 20:21:02 rms Exp $
+@comment $Id: info.texi,v 1.17 2001/09/26 15:26:30 eliz Exp $
 
 @dircategory Texinfo documentation system
 @direntry
@@ -1265,6 +1265,10 @@
 initialize it, or @code{Info-default-directory-list} if there is no
 @env{INFOPATH} variable in the environment.
 
+If you wish to customize the Info directory search list for both Emacs
+info and stand-alone Info, it is best to set the @env{INFOPATH}
+environment variable, since that applies to both programs.
+
 @item Info-additional-directory-list
 A list of additional directories to search for Info documentation files.
 These directories are not searched for merging the @file{dir} file.