1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/lisp.h b/src/lisp.h
index 8da5f4f1475..e7b15069f00 100644
--- a/src/lisp.h
+++ b/src/lisp.h
@@ -1579,6 +1579,9 @@ struct Lisp_String
       ptrdiff_t size_byte;
 
       INTERVAL intervals;       /* Text properties in this string.  */
+      /* The data is always followed by a NUL, not included in size or
+         size_byte, for C interoperability, but may also contain NULs
+         itself.  */
       unsigned char *data;
     } s;
     struct Lisp_String *next;