# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 850368982 0
# Node ID 9fa09185bca08064f110f50b6f093f584249096d
# Parent  37fa6003964d3c039c79182119515baba762f195
Explain how disabled commands' doc strings are displayed.

diff -r 37fa6003964d -r 9fa09185bca0 lispref/tips.texi
--- a/lispref/tips.texi	Wed Dec 11 21:06:53 1996 +0000
+++ b/lispref/tips.texi	Thu Dec 12 05:36:22 1996 +0000
@@ -403,6 +403,12 @@
 starting double-quote is not part of the string!
 
 @item
+When the user tries to use a disabled command, Emacs displays just the
+first paragraph of its documentation string---everything through the
+first blank line.  If you wish, you can choose which information to
+include before the first blank line so as to make this display useful.
+
+@item
 A variable's documentation string should start with @samp{*} if the
 variable is one that users would often want to set interactively.  If
 the value is a long list, or a function, or if the variable would be set