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diff --git a/doc/tclsh.1 b/doc/tclsh.1
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+++ b/doc/tclsh.1
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-.so man.macros
.TH tclsh 1 "" Tcl "Tcl Applications"
+.so man.macros
.BS
'\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
.SH NAME
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@ but also the disadvantage of making it harder to write scripts that
start up uniformly across different versions of Tcl.
.SH "VARIABLES"
.PP
-\fBTclsh\fR sets the following Tcl variables:
+\fBTclsh\fR sets the following global Tcl variables in addition to those
+created by the Tcl library itself (such as \fBenv\fR, which maps
+environment variables such as \fBPATH\fR into Tcl):
.TP 15
\fBargc\fR
.
@@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ device), 0 otherwise.
When \fBtclsh\fR is invoked interactively it normally prompts for each
command with
.QW "\fB% \fR" .
-You can change the prompt by setting the
+You can change the prompt by setting the global
variables \fBtcl_prompt1\fR and \fBtcl_prompt2\fR. If variable
\fBtcl_prompt1\fR exists then it must consist of a Tcl script
to output a prompt; instead of outputting a prompt \fBtclsh\fR
@@ -142,6 +144,6 @@ incomplete commands.
.PP
See \fBTcl_StandardChannels\fR for more explanations.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-encoding(n), fconfigure(n), tclvars(n)
+auto_path(n), encoding(n), env(n), fconfigure(n)
.SH KEYWORDS
application, argument, interpreter, prompt, script file, shell