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[sbcl.git] / doc / sbcl.1

diff --git a/doc/sbcl.1 b/doc/sbcl.1
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--- a/doc/sbcl.1
+++ b/doc/sbcl.1
@@ -317,10 +317,12 @@ By default, a Common Lisp system tries to ask the programmer for help
 when it gets in trouble (by printing a debug prompt on *DEBUG-IO*).
 However, this is not useful behavior for a system running with no
 programmer available, and this option tries to set up more appropriate
-behavior for that situation. Thus we set *DEBUG-IO* to send its
-output to *ERROR-OUTPUT*, and to raise an error if any input is
-requested from it; and we set *DEBUGGER-HOOK* to output a backtrace,
-then exit the process with a failure code.
+behavior for that situation. This is implemented by modifying special
+variables: we set *DEBUG-IO* to send its output to *ERROR-OUTPUT*, and
+to raise an error if any input is requested from it, and we set
+*DEBUGGER-HOOK* to output a backtrace, then exit the process with a
+failure code. Because it is implemented by modifying special variables,
+its effects persist in .core files created by SB-EXT:SAVE-LISP-AND-DIE.
 .PP
 
 Regardless of the order in which --sysinit, --userinit, and --eval