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[subdirmk.git] / subdirmk / README

diff --git a/subdirmk/README b/subdirmk/README
index 10117be3501d20c64cae09cb2827e06e4087b15f..95cdd69024b8ea194ab2d32d10d31c5857bf3a85 100644 (file)
--- a/subdirmk/README
+++ b/subdirmk/README
@@ -203,9 +203,8 @@ empty string).
                STUFF!&         set escape back to &
 
 &TARGETS_things
-       Handled specially.  If mentioned, declares that
-       this subdirectory ought to have a target `things'.
-       (`all' if not specified).  The rule will be
+       Handled specially.  If mentioned, declares that this
+       subdir ought to have a target `things'.  The rule will be
                &/things:: $(&TARGETS_things)
 
        You may extend it by adding more :: rules for the target,
@@ -213,13 +212,14 @@ empty string).
                &TARGETS_check += & test-passed.stamp
 
        It is important to mention &TARGETS_things at least once in
-       the context of each applicable directory, because it arranges
-       that the *parent* will also have a `things' target which
-       recursively implies this directory's `things'.
+       the context of each applicable directory, because doing so
+       arranges that the *parent* will also have a `things' target
+       which recursively implies this directory's `things'.
 
        Must be spelled exactly &TARGETS_things.  &_TARGETS_things,
-       for example, does not work.  But mentioning it in a #-comment
-       *does* work because the & filter does not care about comments.
+       for example, is not magic.  But mentioning &TARGETS_things in
+       a #-comment *does* work because the & filter does not care
+       about comments.
 
        `all' is extra special: every directory has an `all'
        target, which corresponds to &TARGETS.