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diff --git a/doc/ref/api-evaluation.texi b/doc/ref/api-evaluation.texi index c441dffee..88f713d40 100644 --- a/doc/ref/api-evaluation.texi +++ b/doc/ref/api-evaluation.texi @@ -215,8 +215,9 @@ convention is used when indenting code in Emacs' Scheme mode. In addition to the standard line comments defined by R5RS, Guile has another comment type for multiline comments, called @dfn{block comments}. This type of comment begins with the character sequence -@code{#!} and ends with the characters @code{!#}, which must appear on a -line of their own. These comments are compatible with the block +@code{#!} and ends with the characters @code{!#}. + +These comments are compatible with the block comments in the Scheme Shell @file{scsh} (@pxref{The Scheme shell (scsh)}). The characters @code{#!} were chosen because they are the magic characters used in shell scripts for indicating that the name of |