* automake.texi (Invoking aclocal): Mention ## comments.

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@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2000-12-23  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+       * automake.texi (Invoking aclocal): Mention ## comments.
+
 2000-12-22  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
 
        From Raja R Harinath:

diff --git a/automake.texi b/automake.texi
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--- a/automake.texi
+++ b/automake.texi
@@ -1169,6 +1169,13 @@ The contents of @file{acinclude.m4}, if it exists, are also
 automatically included in @file{aclocal.m4}.  This is useful for
 incorporating local macros into @file{configure}.
 
+@code{aclocal} tries to be smart about looking for new @code{AC_DEFUN}s
+in the files it scans.  It will warn if it finds duplicates.  It also
+tries to copy the full text of the scanned file into @file{aclocal.m4},
+including both @samp{#} and @samp{dnl} comments.  If you want to make a
+comment which will be completely ignored by @code{aclocal}, use
+@samp{##} as the comment leader.
+
 @code{aclocal} accepts the following options:
 
 @table @code