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diff --git a/doc/info.n b/doc/info.n
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+++ b/doc/info.n
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: info.n,v 1.5 2000/09/07 14:27:48 poenitz Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: info.n,v 1.6 2001/03/13 15:10:32 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH info n 8.4 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -87,6 +87,13 @@ are returned. Matching is determined using the same rules as for
\fBinfo hostname\fR
Returns the name of the computer on which this invocation is being
executed.
+.VS
+Note that this name is not guaranteed to be the fully qualified domain
+name of the host. Where machines have several different names (as is
+common on systems with both TCP/IP (DNS) and NetBIOS-based networking
+installed,) it is the name that is suitable for TCP/IP networking that
+is returned.
+.VE
.TP
\fBinfo level\fR ?\fInumber\fR?
If \fInumber\fR is not specified, this command returns a number
@@ -190,3 +197,7 @@ global(n), proc(n)
.SH KEYWORDS
command, information, interpreter, level, namespace, procedure, variable
+
+'\" Local Variables:
+'\" mode: nroff
+'\" End: \ No newline at end of file