(Type Predicates): Document `atom' type.

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diff --git a/man/cl.texi b/man/cl.texi
index c150e0d2b4d..16c738d7174 100644
--- a/man/cl.texi
+++ b/man/cl.texi
@@ -736,6 +736,11 @@ Thus @code{(typep @var{object} 'null)} is equivalent to
 @code{(null @var{object})}.
 
 @item
+The type symbol @code{atom} represents all objects that are not cons
+cells. Thus @code{(typep @var{object} 'atom)} is equivalent to
+@code{(atom @var{object})}.
+
+@item
 The type symbol @code{real} is a synonym for @code{number}, and
 @code{fixnum} is a synonym for @code{integer}.