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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 4ac850f7f72..310cabdceff 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 # make tags     to update tags tables.
 #
 # make distclean        to delete everything that wasn't in the distribution.
-#       This is a very dangerous thing to do!
+#       This is a very dangerous thing to do!  It removes backup files,
+#       among other things.
 # make clean
 #       This is a little less dangerous.
 # make dist
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ removenullpaths=sed -e 's/^://' -e 's/:$$//' -e 's/::/:/'
 src/paths.h: Makefile src/paths.h.in
         lisppath=`echo ${lisppath} | ${removenullpaths}` ;              \
         buildlisppath=`echo ${buildlisppath} | ${removenullpaths}` ;    \
-        sed < src/paths.h.in > src/paths.h.tmp                  \
+        sed < src/paths.h.in > src/paths.h.tmp                          \
         -e 's;\(#.*PATH_LOADSEARCH\).*$$;\1 "'$${lisppath}'";'          \
         -e 's;\(#.*PATH_DUMPLOADSEARCH\).*$$;\1 "'$${buildlisppath}'";' \
         -e 's;\(#.*PATH_EXEC\).*$$;\1 "${libdir}";'                     \