Document the new deafault value of 'load-read-function'

* doc/lispref/loading.texi (How Programs Do Loading): Document the
change in the default value of 'load-read-function'.

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/doc/lispref/loading.texi b/doc/lispref/loading.texi
index cb5c7012c16..18e67f1abfe 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/loading.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/loading.texi
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ This variable specifies an alternate expression-reading function for
 @code{load} and @code{eval-region} to use instead of @code{read}.
 The function should accept one argument, just as @code{read} does.
 
-Normally, the variable's value is @code{nil}, which means those
-functions should use @code{read}.
+By default, this variable's value is @code{read}.  @xref{Input
+Functions}.
 
 Instead of using this variable, it is cleaner to use another, newer
 feature: to pass the function as the @var{read-function} argument to
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 88d0604cedf..076835c3d20 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -1345,7 +1345,9 @@ commands other than the predefined `C-u'.
 These allow to convert between buffer positions and the corresponding
 file byte offsets, given the file's encoding.
 
++++
 ** The default value of `load-read-function' is now `read'.
+Previously, the default value of `nil' implied using `read'.
 
 ** New hook `pre-redisplay-functions', a bit easier to use than pre-redisplay-function.