# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 782178635 0
# Node ID a2908d5da32a2d98f58d1ac360b45adbee038427
# Parent  323dc8f5028a8f16fbb04149e5bee275060aa177
(add-to-list): Doc fix.

diff -r 323dc8f5028a -r a2908d5da32a lisp/subr.el
--- a/lisp/subr.el	Fri Oct 14 20:19:27 1994 +0000
+++ b/lisp/subr.el	Fri Oct 14 23:50:35 1994 +0000
@@ -712,7 +712,12 @@
 	(set-default hook hook-value)))))
 
 (defun add-to-list (list-var element)
-  "Add to the value of LIST-VAR the element ELEMENT if it isn't there yet."
+  "Add to the value of LIST-VAR the element ELEMENT if it isn't there yet.
+If you want to use `add-to-list' on a variable that is not defined
+until a certain package is loaded, you should put the call to `add-to-list'
+into a hook function that will be run only after loading the package.
+`eval-after-load' provides one way to do this.  In some cases
+other hooks, such as major mode hooks, can do the job."
   (or (member element (symbol-value list-var))
       (set list-var (cons element (symbol-value list-var)))))