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diff --git a/doc/user/environments.xml b/doc/user/environments.xml
index 6970a92..b2a8505 100644
--- a/doc/user/environments.xml
+++ b/doc/user/environments.xml
@@ -779,7 +779,8 @@ environment, of directory names, suffixes, etc.
If a problem occurs when expanding a construction variable,
by default it is expanded to <literal>''</literal>
(a null string), and will not cause scons to fail.
-
+ </para>
+
<programlisting>
env = Environment()
print "value is:", env.subst( '-&gt;$MISSING&lt;-' )
@@ -790,7 +791,8 @@ environment, of directory names, suffixes, etc.
value is: -&gt;&lt;-
scons: `.' is up to date.
</screen>
-
+
+ <para>
This default behaviour can be changed using the &AllowSubstExceptions;
function.
When a problem occurs with a variable expansion it generates