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@@ -2500,7 +2500,8 @@ However, setting it through Custom sets the default value.")
(defun custom-variable-type (symbol)
"Return a widget suitable for editing the value of SYMBOL.
If SYMBOL has a `custom-type' property, use that.
-Otherwise, look up symbol in `custom-guess-type-alist'."
+Otherwise, try matching SYMBOL against `custom-guess-name-alist' and
+try matching its doc string against `custom-guess-doc-alist'."
(let* ((type (or (get symbol 'custom-type)
(and (not (get symbol 'standard-value))
(custom-guess-type symbol))