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diff --git a/doc/lispref/symbols.texi b/doc/lispref/symbols.texi index 5b53cbe310a..c6a0408abd1 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/symbols.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/symbols.texi @@ -276,9 +276,8 @@ This function returns the string that is @var{symbol}'s name. For example: @end group @end example -@strong{Warning:} Changing the string by substituting characters does -change the name of the symbol, but fails to update the obarray, so don't -do it! +@strong{Warning:} Never alter the string returned by that function. +Doing that might make Emacs dysfunctional, and might even crash Emacs. @end defun @cindex uninterned symbol, and generating Lisp code |