2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index b3381e95160..026d81bc0b4 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-02-13  Lars Ingebrigtsen  <larsi@gnus.org>
+
+        * simple.el (mail-user-agent): Mention that `gnus-user-agent' only
+        does its stuff if Gnus is running.
+
 2012-02-13  Alan Mackenzie  <acm@muc.de>
 
         Fix a loop in c-set-fl-decl-start.
diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index 881b0b22079..c968ac01b0d 100644
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -5810,8 +5810,8 @@ Valid values include:
   `mh-e-user-agent'     -- use the Emacs interface to the MH mail system.
                            See Info node `(mh-e)'.
   `gnus-user-agent'     -- like `message-user-agent', but with Gnus
-                           paraphernalia, particularly the Gcc: header for
-                           archiving.
+                           paraphernalia if Gnus is running, particularly
+                           the Gcc: header for archiving.
 
 Additional valid symbols may be available; check with the author of
 your package for details.  The function should return non-nil if it