* lib-src/etags.c (Lisp_functions): Skip (defvar foo) declarations

[bpt/emacs.git] / doc / emacs / maintaining.texi

diff --git a/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi b/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi
index 06680a6..555409f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/maintaining.texi
@@ -1676,9 +1676,11 @@ specifies (using Bourne shell syntax) that the commands
 
 @item
 In Lisp code, any function defined with @code{defun}, any variable
-defined with @code{defvar} or @code{defconst}, and in general the first
-argument of any expression that starts with @samp{(def} in column zero is
-a tag.
+defined with @code{defvar} or @code{defconst}, and in general the
+first argument of any expression that starts with @samp{(def} in
+column zero is a tag.  As an exception, expressions of the form
+@code{(defvar @var{foo})} are treated as declarations, and are only
+tagged if the @samp{--declarations} option is given.
 
 @item
 In Scheme code, tags include anything defined with @code{def} or with a