# HG changeset patch
# User Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu>
# Date 1091065621 0
# Node ID e897db553e21833419a8d90e0cff058546fdc6b4
# Parent  8967ea893ac210f0f512fa6722f3922cddb37939
(defcustom): Doc fix.

diff -r 8967ea893ac2 -r e897db553e21 lisp/custom.el
--- a/lisp/custom.el	Thu Jul 29 01:41:36 2004 +0000
+++ b/lisp/custom.el	Thu Jul 29 01:47:01 2004 +0000
@@ -246,6 +246,13 @@
 	Specifies that SYMBOL should be set after the list of variables
         VARIABLES when both have been customized.
 
+If SYMBOL has a local binding, then this form affects the local
+binding.  This is normally not what you want.  Thus, if you need
+to load a file defining variables with this form, or with
+`defvar' or `defconst', you should always load that file
+_outside_ any bindings for these variables.  \(`defvar' and
+`defconst' behave similarly in this respect.)
+
 Read the section about customization in the Emacs Lisp manual for more
 information."
   ;; It is better not to use backquote in this file,