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diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index 5bf3faebc85..3aff3b56d52 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -818,6 +818,8 @@ The optional argument DOCSTRING is a documentation string for the
 variable.
 
 To define a user option, use `defcustom' instead of `defvar'.
+
+To define a buffer-local variable, use `defvar-local'.
 usage: (defvar SYMBOL &optional INITVALUE DOCSTRING)  */)
   (Lisp_Object args)
 {