Merge from origin/emacs-26

cb0d40e (origin/emacs-26) Minor change in the manual
7e26d83 More minor changes in the manual
6851754 Replace some obsolete aliases in code
6bcb48c Replace some obsolete aliases in documentation
317da2a Minor improvements in manuals
61c1f80 Minor copyedits in display.texi
d523e4a Remove some unused spam.el variables
501808c Replace some obsolete aliases in code
19afff3 Replace some obsolete aliases in documentation
c797bc9 Merge branch 'emacs-26' of git.savannah.gnu.org:/srv/git/emac...
0efe0bd Obsolete eshell-cmpl-suffix-list
add48d2 More minor changes in the Glossary of the Emacs manual
f6bd7e0 Revert last commit
af4697f Define if-let* and derivatives as aliases for if-let etc
ec79bdc Minor fix in Emacs manual's Glossary

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/doc/lispref/variables.texi b/doc/lispref/variables.texi
index e025d3fd10b..aecee6f3056 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/variables.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/variables.texi
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ receive local values, which are the actual arguments supplied to the
 function call; these local bindings take effect within the body of the
 function.  To take another example, the @code{let} special form
 explicitly establishes local bindings for specific variables, which
-take effect within the body of the @code{let} form.
+take effect only within the body of the @code{let} form.
 
   We also speak of the @dfn{global binding}, which is where
 (conceptually) the global value is kept.
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ bindings:
 This special form sets up local bindings for a certain set of
 variables, as specified by @var{bindings}, and then evaluates all of
 the @var{forms} in textual order.  Its return value is the value of
-the last form in @var{forms}.
+the last form in @var{forms}.  The local bindings set up by @code{let}
+will be in effect only within the body of @var{forms}.
 
 Each of the @var{bindings} is either @w{(i) a} symbol, in which case
 that symbol is locally bound to @code{nil}; or @w{(ii) a} list of the