1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/editfns.c b/src/editfns.c
index 46b5d772c42..554df33b503 100644
--- a/src/editfns.c
+++ b/src/editfns.c
@@ -1956,10 +1956,17 @@ Transposing beyond buffer boundaries is an error.")
 void
 syms_of_editfns ()
 {
-  staticpro (&Vuser_name);
-  staticpro (&Vuser_full_name);
-  staticpro (&Vuser_real_name);
-  staticpro (&Vsystem_name);
+  DEFVAR_LISP ("system-name", &Vsystem_name,
+               "The name of the machine Emacs is running on.");
+  
+  DEFVAR_LISP ("user-full-name", &Vuser_full_name,
+               "The full name of the user logged in.");
+
+  DEFVAR_LISP ("user-name", &Vuser_name,
+               "The user's name, taken from environment variables if possible.");
+
+  DEFVAR_LISP ("user-real-name", &Vuser_real_name,
+               "The user's name, based upon the real uid only.");
 
   defsubr (&Schar_equal);
   defsubr (&Sgoto_char);