(Major Mode Conventions): Fundamental mode is exception.

diff --git a/lispref/modes.texi b/lispref/modes.texi
index cfa9e90d793f9fb2d1d7305a1fad4ec27f1f763c..6eba02d5a0b21d9f8f096c4cddfe8caa80eb088c 100644 (file)
--- a/lispref/modes.texi
+++ b/lispref/modes.texi
@@ -256,7 +256,9 @@ Fundamental mode.  Rmail mode is a complicated and specialized mode.
   The code for existing major modes follows various coding conventions,
 including conventions for local keymap and syntax table initialization,
 global names, and hooks.  Please follow these conventions when you
-define a new major mode.
+define a new major mode.  (Fundamental mode is an exception to many
+of these conventions, because its definition is to present the global
+state of Emacs.)
 
   This list of conventions is only partial, because each major mode
 should aim for consistency in general with other Emacs major modes.