Fix previous change.

diff --git a/lisp/cus-edit.el b/lisp/cus-edit.el
index 438ec7d58c565a4b6f53661d891db722454b6edb..fd6f38a033fda79dc5aef83d7c25ef4bcae876cf 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/cus-edit.el
+++ b/lisp/cus-edit.el
@@ -3678,7 +3678,11 @@ Optional EVENT is the location for the menu."
 (defcustom custom-file nil
   "File used for storing customization information.
 The default is nil, which means to use your init file
-as specified by `user-init-file'.
+as specified by `user-init-file'.  To make this feature work,
+you'll need to put something in your init file to specify
+the value of `custom-file'.  Just customizing the variable
+won't suffice, because Emacs won't know which file to load
+unless the init file sets `custom-file'.
 
 When you change this variable, look in the previous custom file
 \(usually your init file) for the forms `(custom-set-variables ...)'