* lisp/gnus/gnus-sum.el (gnus-thread-ignore-subject): Document
that when not ignoring subjects, sorting will not happen as
expected (bug#35513).
:type 'boolean)
(defcustom gnus-thread-ignore-subject t
- "If non-nil, which is the default, ignore subjects and do all threading based on the Reference header.
+ "If non-nil, ignore subjects when creating threads.
+
If nil, articles that have different subjects from their parents will
-start separate threads."
+start separate threads.
+
+Threads that are split because the subject changes will still be
+sorted as if they were part of the same thread, and
+`gnus-thread-sort-functions' will not apply to these split
+threads."
:group 'gnus-thread
:type 'boolean)