parentheses and brackets) do not do so here. Prompt.
@item U
-A key sequence or nil. May be used after a @code{k} or @code{K}
+A key sequence or @code{nil}. May be used after a @code{k} or @code{K}
argument to get the up-event that was discarded in case the key
sequence read for that argument was a down-event. No I/O.
@defvar defining-kbd-macro
This variable is non-@code{nil} if and only if a keyboard macro is
being defined. A command can test this variable so as to behave
-differently while a macro is being defined. The commands
-@code{start-kbd-macro} and @code{end-kbd-macro} set this variable---do
-not set it yourself.
+differently while a macro is being defined. The value is
+@code{append} while appending to the definition of an existing macro.
+The commands @code{start-kbd-macro}, @code{kmacro-start-macro} and
+@code{end-kbd-macro} set this variable---do not set it yourself.
The variable is always local to the current terminal and cannot be
buffer-local. @xref{Multiple Displays}.