2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index a842e42d810..7a369bd581e 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-06-02  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@is.elta.co.il>
+
+        * lread.c (Fload): Document that the argument is run via
+        substitute-in-file-name.
+
 2001-05-31  Gerd Moellmann  <gerd@gnu.org>
 
         * Makefile.in (bootstrap-doc): New target.
diff --git a/src/lread.c b/src/lread.c
index 8a357b7af47..735d9000fae 100644
--- a/src/lread.c
+++ b/src/lread.c
@@ -609,7 +609,8 @@ record_load_unwind (old)
 DEFUN ("load", Fload, Sload, 1, 5, 0,
   "Execute a file of Lisp code named FILE.\n\
 First try FILE with `.elc' appended, then try with `.el',\n\
- then try FILE unmodified.\n\
+ then try FILE unmodified.  Environment variable references in FILE\n\
+ are replaced with their values by calling `substitute-in-file-name'.\n\
 This function searches the directories in `load-path'.\n\
 If optional second arg NOERROR is non-nil,\n\
  report no error if FILE doesn't exist.\n\