From: Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 13:12:14 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: :help-echo needn't be a string.
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:help-echo needn't be a string.
---

diff --git a/lispref/customize.texi b/lispref/customize.texi
index dac31947e34..d649b836ea6 100644
--- a/lispref/customize.texi
+++ b/lispref/customize.texi
@@ -870,8 +870,11 @@ provide more information about the meanings of alternatives inside a
 
 @item :help-echo @var{motion-doc}
 When you move to this item with @code{widget-forward} or
-@code{widget-backward}, it will display the string @var{motion-doc}
-in the echo area.
+@code{widget-backward}, it will display the string @var{motion-doc} in
+the echo area.  In addition, @var{motion-doc} is used as the mouse
+@code{help-echo} string and may actually be a function or form evaluated
+to yield a help string as for @code{help-echo} text properties.
+@xref{Text help-echo}.
 
 @item :match @var{function}
 Specify how to decide whether a value matches the type.  The