* doc/misc/cl.texi (Equality Predicates): Fix eq/eql pedantry.

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/doc/misc/ChangeLog b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
index e3ee947fe24..1fc58f9fa4c 100644
--- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-02-03  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+        * cl.texi (Equality Predicates): Fix eq/eql pedantry.
+
 2013-01-13  Bastien Guerry  <bzg@gnu.org>
 
         * org.texi (Installation): Simplify.
diff --git a/doc/misc/cl.texi b/doc/misc/cl.texi
index ae96f2c5cb8..eb37829e9fa 100644
--- a/doc/misc/cl.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/cl.texi
@@ -817,8 +817,10 @@ not compare strings against vectors of integers.
 Also note that the Common Lisp functions @code{member} and @code{assoc}
 use @code{eql} to compare elements, whereas Emacs Lisp follows the
 MacLisp tradition and uses @code{equal} for these two functions.
-In Emacs, use @code{memq} (or @code{cl-member}) and @code{assq} (or
-@code{cl-assoc}) to get functions which use @code{eql} for comparisons.
+The functions @code{cl-member} and @code{cl-assoc} use @code{eql},
+as in Common Lisp.  The standard Emacs Lisp functions @code{memq} and
+@code{assq} use @code{eq}, so you can use these if you do not care
+about the difference between @code{eq} and @code{eql}.
 
 @node Control Structure
 @chapter Control Structure