From 90b80b6944967a203d7ecc74a81f447328b321bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Richard M. Stallman" <rms@gnu.org>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 20:56:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] (Syntactic Font Lock): Give default for
 font-lock-syntax-table.

---
 lispref/modes.texi | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lispref/modes.texi b/lispref/modes.texi
index c98039d7ae0..8e64ece7066 100644
--- a/lispref/modes.texi
+++ b/lispref/modes.texi
@@ -2918,7 +2918,8 @@ way for a mode to set this variable to @code{t} is with
 @defvar font-lock-syntax-table
 This variable holds the syntax table to use for fontification of
 comments and strings.  Specify it using @var{syntax-alist} in
-@code{font-lock-defaults}.
+@code{font-lock-defaults}.  If this is @code{nil}, fontification uses
+the buffer's syntax table.
 @end defvar
 
 @defvar font-lock-beginning-of-syntax-function
-- 
2.39.2