* eww.texi (Basics): Document `eww-history-limit'.

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diff --git a/doc/misc/ChangeLog b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
index 8b7aa1c42e3..0e9300ab149 100644
--- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-11-19  Ivan Shmakov  <ivan@siamics.net>
+
+        * eww.texi (Basics): Document `eww-history-limit'.
+
 2014-11-14  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
         * org.texi (The date/time prompt, Matching tags and properties):
diff --git a/doc/misc/eww.texi b/doc/misc/eww.texi
index 2208c2d251e..35298833c3a 100644
--- a/doc/misc/eww.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/eww.texi
@@ -126,6 +126,15 @@ history press @kbd{H} (@code{eww-list-histories}) to open the history
 buffer @file{*eww history*}.  The history is lost when EWW is quit.
 If you want to remember websites you can use bookmarks.
 
+@vindex eww-history-limit
+  Along with the URLs visited, EWW also remembers both the rendered
+page (as it appears in the buffer) and its source.  This can take a
+considerable amount of memory, so EWW discards the history entries to
+keep their number within a set limit, as specified by
+@code{eww-history-limit}; the default being 50.  This variable could
+also be set to @code{nil} to allow for the history list to grow
+indefinitely.
+
 @findex eww-add-bookmark
 @findex eww-list-bookmarks
 @kindex b