2 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/global.n b/doc/global.n
index d4fd4c0..f8e502e 100644
--- a/doc/global.n
+++ b/doc/global.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: global.n,v 1.4 2002/06/11 13:22:35 msofer Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: global.n,v 1.5 2004/04/28 13:11:33 msofer Exp $
 '\" 
 .so man.macros
 .TH global n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ For the duration of the current procedure
 any reference to any of the \fIvarname\fRs
 will refer to the global variable by the same name.
 .PP
+\fIvarname\fR is always treated as the name of a variable, not an
+array element.  An error is returned if the name looks like an array element,
+such as \fBa(b)\fR.
+
 
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 namespace(n), upvar(n), variable(n)
diff --git a/doc/upvar.n b/doc/upvar.n
index 2b2175e..84399c7 100644
--- a/doc/upvar.n
+++ b/doc/upvar.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: upvar.n,v 1.5 2000/11/21 15:56:21 dkf Exp $
+'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: upvar.n,v 1.6 2004/04/28 13:11:33 msofer Exp $
 '\" 
 .so man.macros
 .TH upvar n "" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ call;  it will be created the first time \fImyVar\fR is referenced, just like
 an ordinary variable.  There must not exist a variable by the
 name \fImyVar\fR at the time \fBupvar\fR is invoked.
 \fIMyVar\fR is always treated as the name of a variable, not an
-array element.  Even if the name looks like an array element,
-such as \fBa(b)\fR, a regular variable is created.
+array element.  An error is returned if the name looks like an array element,
+such as \fBa(b)\fR.
 \fIOtherVar\fR may refer to a scalar variable, an array,
 or an array element.
 \fBUpvar\fR returns an empty string.