2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index a3b5a4d9486..6ec2cd2f038 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-02-15  Chong Yidong  <cyd@gnu.org>
+
+        * custom.el (defcustom): Doc fix; note use of defvar.
+
 2012-02-15  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
         * mail/smtpmail.el (smtpmail-smtp-user, smtpmail-stream-type):
diff --git a/lisp/custom.el b/lisp/custom.el
index 2d880d23955..810b78144a4 100644
--- a/lisp/custom.el
+++ b/lisp/custom.el
@@ -208,7 +208,11 @@ is unbound.  The expression itself is also stored, so that
 Customize can re-evaluate it later to get the standard value.
 DOC is the variable documentation.
 
-The remaining arguments should have the form
+This macro uses `defvar' as a subroutine, which also marks the
+variable as \"special\", so that it is always dynamically bound
+even when `lexical-binding' is t.
+
+The remaining arguments to `defcustom' should have the form
 
    [KEYWORD VALUE]...