#ifdef emacs
# include "lisp.h"
-/* In Emacs, this is the string or buffer in which we
- are matching. It is used for looking up syntax properties. */
+/* In Emacs, this is the string or buffer in which we are matching.
+ It is used for looking up syntax properties.
+
+ If the value is a Lisp string object, we are matching text in that
+ string; if it's nil, we are matching text in the current buffer; if
+ it's t, we are matching text in a C string. */
extern Lisp_Object re_match_object;
#endif