option @samp{--batch} was specified.
@item
-If @code{package-enable-at-startup} is non-@code{nil}, it calls the
-function @code{package-initialize} to activate any optional Emacs Lisp
-package that has been installed. @xref{Packaging Basics}.
+It calls the function @code{package-initialize} to activate any
+optional Emacs Lisp package that has been installed. @xref{Packaging
+Basics}. However, Emacs doesn't initialize packages when
+@code{package-enable-at-startup} is @code{nil} or when it's started
+with one of the options @samp{-q}, @samp{-Q}, or @samp{--batch}. To
+initialize packages in the latter case, @code{package-initialize}
+should be called explicitly (e.g., via the @samp{--funcall} option).
@vindex after-init-time
@item