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diff --git a/doc/make.texi b/doc/make.texi
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@@ -1191,11 +1191,12 @@ For compatibility with some other @code{make} implementations,
@vindex MAKEFILES
If the environment variable @code{MAKEFILES} is defined, @code{make}
considers its value as a list of names (separated by whitespace) of
-additional makefiles to be read before the others. This works much like
-the @code{include} directive: various directories are searched for those
-files (@pxref{Include, ,Including Other Makefiles}). In addition, the
-default goal is never taken from one of these makefiles and it is not an
-error if the files listed in @code{MAKEFILES} are not found.@refill
+additional makefiles to be read before the others. This works much
+like the @code{include} directive: various directories are searched
+for those files (@pxref{Include, ,Including Other Makefiles}). In
+addition, the default goal is never taken from one of these makefiles
+(or any makefile included by them) and it is not an error if the files
+listed in @code{MAKEFILES} are not found.@refill
@cindex recursion, and @code{MAKEFILES} variable
The main use of @code{MAKEFILES} is in communication between recursive