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diff --git a/lisp/cus-edit.el b/lisp/cus-edit.el index 89fcb633133..046c1bebcf7 100644 --- a/lisp/cus-edit.el +++ b/lisp/cus-edit.el @@ -3678,8 +3678,13 @@ Optional EVENT is the location for the menu." (defcustom custom-file nil "File used for storing customization information. The default is nil, which means to use your init file -as specified by `user-init-file'. If you specify some other file, -you need to explicitly load that file for the settings to take effect. +as specified by `user-init-file'. If the value is not nil, +it should be an absolute file name. + +To make this feature work, you'll need to put something in your +init file to specify the value of `custom-file'. Just +customizing the variable won't suffice, because Emacs won't know +which file to load unless the init file sets `custom-file'. When you change this variable, look in the previous custom file \(usually your init file) for the forms `(custom-set-variables ...)' |