[Emacs-diffs] master 904be87: * lisp/simple.el (set-variable): Doc fix.

[Glenn Morris]

branch: master
commit 904be8784cfd18cd920668c1d5b3a33353c6bb5b
Author: Glenn Morris <address@hidden>
Commit: Glenn Morris <address@hidden>

    * lisp/simple.el (set-variable): Doc fix.
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 lisp/simple.el |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index 0729d8c..5ee32d5 100644
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -7314,6 +7314,10 @@ it were the arg to `interactive' (which see) to 
interactively read VALUE.
 If VARIABLE has been defined with `defcustom', then the type information
 in the definition is used to check that VALUE is valid.
 
+Note that this function is at heart equivalent to the basic `set' function.
+For a VARIABLE defined with `defcustom', it is not the same as using
+\\[customize-variable].
+
 With a prefix argument, set VARIABLE to VALUE buffer-locally."
   (interactive
    (let* ((default-var (variable-at-point))