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diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el
index 73379a816d7..374d3ae2327 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp-mode.el
@@ -730,7 +730,9 @@ If the current defun is actually a call to `defvar' or `defcustom',
evaluating it this way resets the variable using its initial value
expression even if the variable already has some other value.
\(Normally `defvar' and `defcustom' do not alter the value if there
-already is one.)
+already is one.) In an analogous way, evaluating a `defface'
+overrides any customizations of the face, so that it becomes
+defined exactly as the `defface' expression says.
If `eval-expression-debug-on-error' is non-nil, which is the default,
this command arranges for all errors to enter the debugger.