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diff --git a/doc/append.n b/doc/append.n
index 4e86f90..5f1a3c7 100644
--- a/doc/append.n
+++ b/doc/append.n
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
'\"
-'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: append.n,v 1.3 2000/09/07 14:27:45 poenitz Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: append.n,v 1.4 2003/02/10 13:32:22 dkf Exp $
'\"
.so man.macros
.TH append n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ Append all of the \fIvalue\fR arguments to the current value
of variable \fIvarName\fR. If \fIvarName\fR doesn't exist,
it is given a value equal to the concatenation of all the
\fIvalue\fR arguments.
+The result of this command is the new value stored in variable
+\fIvarName\fR.
This command provides an efficient way to build up long
variables incrementally.
For example, ``\fBappend a $b\fR'' is much more efficient than