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diff --git a/doc/lispref/eval.texi b/doc/lispref/eval.texi index 05250233b00..6ffc7db8abf 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/eval.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/eval.texi @@ -805,7 +805,12 @@ message @code{"Lisp nesting exceeds max-lisp-eval-depth"}). This limit, with the associated error when it is exceeded, is one way Emacs Lisp avoids infinite recursion on an ill-defined function. If you increase the value of @code{max-lisp-eval-depth} too much, such -code can cause stack overflow instead. +code can cause stack overflow instead. On some systems, this overflow +can be handled. In that case, normal Lisp evaluation is interrupted +and control is transferred back to the top level command loop +(@code{top-level}). Note that there is no way to enter Emacs Lisp +debugger in this situation. @xref{Error Debugging}. + @cindex Lisp nesting error The depth limit counts internal uses of @code{eval}, @code{apply}, and |