Revert 2014-01-17T13:05:09Z!bzg@gnu.org.

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index e8057c3c386..25c4e9e75b7 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-2014-01-17  Bastien Guerry  <bzg@gnu.org>
-
-        * simple.el (define-alternatives): Fix docstring by advising
-        developers to (defvar COMMAND-alternatives).
-
 2014-01-17  Dmitry Gutov  <dgutov@yandex.ru>
 
         * progmodes/ruby-mode.el (ruby-alignable-keywords): New constant.
diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index e69cbbdfdc3..ff32d204d17 100644
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -7666,10 +7666,8 @@ Running `C-u M-x COMMAND RET' prompts again for an alternative
 and overwrites the previous choice.
 
 The variable `COMMAND-alternatives' contains an alist with
-alternative implementations of COMMAND.  Developers should
-use (defvar COMMAND-alternatives) to declare this variable
-after they write (define-alternatives COMMAND), otherwise
-the variable will not be handled by programs like etags.
+alternative implementations of COMMAND.  `define-alternatives'
+does not have any effect until this variable is set.
 
 CUSTOMIZATIONS, if non-nil, should be composed of alternating
 `defcustom' keywords and values to add to the declaration of