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diff --git a/man/cmdargs.texi b/man/cmdargs.texi
index 8a64fea68bf..22eb7fe0918 100644
--- a/man/cmdargs.texi
+++ b/man/cmdargs.texi
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ Run Emacs in @dfn{batch mode}, which means that the text being edited is
 not displayed and the standard terminal interrupt characters such as
 @kbd{C-z} and @kbd{C-c} continue to have their normal effect.  Emacs in
 batch mode outputs to @code{stderr} only what would normally be printed
-in the echo area under program control.
+in the echo area under program control, and functions which would
+normally read from the minibuffer take their input from @code{stdin}.
 
 Batch mode is used for running programs written in Emacs Lisp from
 shell scripts, makefiles, and so on.  Normally the @samp{-l} option