From bce2d134b166c570e659ff43923103f241a614de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Evan Martin <martine@danga.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 19:01:33 -0700
Subject: doc shell semantics of rule commands

---
 manual.asciidoc | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/manual.asciidoc b/manual.asciidoc
index cf7b2c8..1e7aed5 100644
--- a/manual.asciidoc
+++ b/manual.asciidoc
@@ -381,7 +381,9 @@ A `rule` block contains a list of `key = value` declarations that
 affect the processing of the rule.  Here is a full list of special
 keys.
 
-`command` (_required_):: the command line to run.
+`command` (_required_):: the command line to run.  This string (after
+  $variables are expanded) is passed directly to `sh -c` without
+  interpretation by Ninja.
 
 `depfile`:: path to an optional `Makefile` that contains extra
   _implicit dependencies_ (see the <<ref_dependencies,the reference on
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