Adjust documentation for make-docfile

* doc/lispref/loading.texi (Autoload): We're no longer using
make-docfile for loaddefs.el, but we're retaining the format.
Adjust the documentation.
* lisp/loadup.el: Adjust commentary.

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/doc/lispref/loading.texi b/doc/lispref/loading.texi
index e8dce433a5b..874200d9f2d 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/loading.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/loading.texi
@@ -698,14 +698,13 @@ Switch to *doctor* buffer and start giving psychotherapy.
 
 @noindent
 @cindex @code{fn} in function's documentation string
-The backslash and newline immediately following the double-quote are a
-convention used only in the preloaded uncompiled Lisp files such as
-@file{loaddefs.el}; they tell @code{make-docfile} to put the
-documentation string in the @file{etc/DOC} file.  @xref{Building Emacs}.
-See also the commentary in @file{lib-src/make-docfile.c}.  @samp{(fn)}
-in the usage part of the documentation string is replaced with the
-function's name when the various help functions (@pxref{Help
-Functions}) display it.
+While the @file{loaddefs.el} isn't for editing, we try to keep it
+somewhat readable for people.  For instance, control characters in
+@code{defvar} values are escaped, and we insert a backslash and
+newline immediately following the double-quote of the doc string to
+keep the line length down.  @samp{(fn)} in the usage part of the
+documentation string is replaced with the function's name when the
+various help functions (@pxref{Help Functions}) display it.
 
   If you write a function definition with an unusual macro that is not
 one of the known and recognized function definition methods, use of an
diff --git a/lisp/loadup.el b/lisp/loadup.el
index a65c1724aee..8dad382ac0d 100644
--- a/lisp/loadup.el
+++ b/lisp/loadup.el
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@
 ;; If you add a file to be loaded here, keep the following points in mind:
 
 ;; i) If the file is no-byte-compile, explicitly load the .el version.
-;; Such files should (where possible) obey the doc-string conventions
-;; expected by make-docfile.  They should also be added to the
-;; uncompiled[] list in make-docfile.c.
 
 ;; ii) If the file is dumped with Emacs (on any platform), put the
 ;; load statement at the start of a line (leading whitespace is ok).
@@ -42,11 +39,9 @@
 ;; iii) If the file is _not_ dumped with Emacs, make sure the load
 ;; statement is _not_ at the start of a line.  See pcase for an example.
 
-;; These rules are so that src/Makefile can construct lisp.mk automatically.
-;; This ensures both that the Lisp files are compiled (if necessary)
-;; before the emacs executable is dumped, and that they are passed to
-;; make-docfile.  (Any that are not processed for DOC will not have
-;; doc strings in the dumped Emacs.)
+;; These rules are so that src/Makefile can construct lisp.mk
+;; automatically.  This ensures that the Lisp files are compiled (if
+;; necessary) before the emacs executable is dumped.
 
 ;;; Code: