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diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/gv.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/gv.el
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--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/gv.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/gv.el
@@ -191,8 +191,9 @@ well for simple place forms.
Assignments of VAL to (NAME ARGS...) are expanded by binding the argument
forms (VAL ARGS...) according to ARGLIST, then executing BODY, which must
return a Lisp form that does the assignment.
-Actually, ARGLIST may be bound to temporary variables which are introduced
-automatically to preserve proper execution order of the arguments. Example:
+The first arg in ARLIST (the one that receives VAL) receives an expression
+which can do arbitrary things, whereas the other arguments are all guaranteed
+to be pure and copyable. Example use:
(gv-define-setter aref (v a i) `(aset ,a ,i ,v))"
(declare (indent 2) (debug (&define name sexp body)))
`(gv-define-expander ,name