# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1153169778 0
# Node ID 6bc43bba870cb371ce7e2711ba88aa6d6a03373e
# Parent  3c0fceee4b4ae869bc4a8b178bfc1d56ac83df62
(Syntactic Font Lock): Give default for font-lock-syntax-table.

diff -r 3c0fceee4b4a -r 6bc43bba870c lispref/modes.texi
--- a/lispref/modes.texi	Mon Jul 17 20:55:07 2006 +0000
+++ b/lispref/modes.texi	Mon Jul 17 20:56:18 2006 +0000
@@ -2918,7 +2918,8 @@
 @defvar font-lock-syntax-table
 This variable holds the syntax table to use for fontification of
 comments and strings.  Specify it using @var{syntax-alist} in
-@code{font-lock-defaults}.
+@code{font-lock-defaults}.  If this is @code{nil}, fontification uses
+the buffer's syntax table.
 @end defvar
 
 @defvar font-lock-beginning-of-syntax-function