(defvar minor-mode-alist nil "\
Alist saying how to show minor modes in the mode line.
Each element looks like (VARIABLE STRING);
-STRING is included in the mode line iff VARIABLE's value is non-nil.
+STRING is included in the mode line if VARIABLE's value is non-nil.
Actually, STRING need not be a string; any possible mode-line element
is okay. See `mode-line-format'.")