Add helpful comment to compile-command's docstring

* lisp/progmodes/compile.el (compile-command): Mention trailing space in
docstring (Bug#25337).

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/compile.el b/lisp/progmodes/compile.el
index e62e017aa0a..0cb3f3bfddd 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/compile.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/compile.el
@@ -680,7 +680,9 @@ You might also use mode hooks to specify it in certain modes, like this:
                 (concat \"make -k \"
                         (if buffer-file-name
                           (shell-quote-argument
-                            (file-name-sans-extension buffer-file-name))))))))"
+                            (file-name-sans-extension buffer-file-name))))))))
+
+It's often useful to leave a space at the end of the value."
   :type 'string
   :group 'compilation)
 ;;;###autoload(put 'compile-command 'safe-local-variable (lambda (a) (and (stringp a) (or (not (boundp 'compilation-read-command)) compilation-read-command))))