1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/emacs.c b/src/emacs.c
index 8ffab8f0d3d..d068ee767bf 100644
--- a/src/emacs.c
+++ b/src/emacs.c
@@ -2483,7 +2483,8 @@ before you compile Emacs, to enable the code for this feature.  */);
   emacs_priority = 0;
 
   DEFVAR_LISP ("path-separator", &Vpath_separator,
-	       doc: /* The directory separator in search paths, as a string.  */);
+	       doc: /* String containing the character that separates directories in
+search paths, such as PATH and other similar environment variables.  */);
   {
     char c = SEPCHAR;
     Vpath_separator = make_string (&c, 1);