Clarify that SETFUNCTION is only used in the Customize user interface

(bug#6089).

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 2955592d43b..d4cce8627c2 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2011-07-02  Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen  <larsi@gnus.org>
 
+        * custom.el (defcustom): Clarify that :set is only used in the
+        Customize user interface (bug#6089).
+
         * progmodes/flymake.el (flymake-mode): If the buffer isn't
         associated with a file, refuse to run instead of erroring out
         (bug#6084).
diff --git a/lisp/custom.el b/lisp/custom.el
index 2504b4f2cd9..a1c7f3e11e7 100644
--- a/lisp/custom.el
+++ b/lisp/custom.el
@@ -215,7 +215,8 @@ The following keywords are meaningful:
         variable.  It takes two arguments, the symbol and value
         given in the `defcustom' call.  The default is
         `custom-initialize-reset'.
-:set    VALUE should be a function to set the value of the symbol.
+:set    VALUE should be a function to set the value of the symbol
+        when using the Customize user interface.
         It takes two arguments, the symbol to set and the value to
         give it.  The default choice of function is `set-default'.
 :get    VALUE should be a function to extract the value of symbol.