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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 |