From cca1a4b07b393e76d3280b4dedb1cde044f3d567 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Evan Martin <martine@danga.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:16:14 -0700
Subject: add $: to docs

---
 doc/manual.asciidoc | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/manual.asciidoc b/doc/manual.asciidoc
index fcabdc9..f6c1dda 100644
--- a/doc/manual.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/manual.asciidoc
@@ -521,7 +521,11 @@ across a line break).
 
 `${varname}`:: alternate syntax for `$varname`.
 
-`$` followed by space:: a space.
+`$` followed by space:: a space.  (This is only necessary in lists of
+paths, where a space would otherwise separate filenames.  See below.)
+
+`$:` :: a colon.  (This is only necessary in `build` lines, where a colon
+would otherwise terminate the list of inputs.)
 
 `$$`:: a literal `$`.
 
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