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diff --git a/doc/gnulib-tool.texi b/doc/gnulib-tool.texi
index c2ea0a6ff..db3e223da 100644
--- a/doc/gnulib-tool.texi
+++ b/doc/gnulib-tool.texi
@@ -232,12 +232,12 @@ use of @code{strdup}.
 In the usual case where Autoconf is creating a @file{config.h} file,
 you should include @file{config.h} first, before any other include
 file.  That way, for example, if @file{config.h} defines
-@samp{restrict} to be the empty string on a pre-C99 host, the
-definition is consistent for all include files.
-
-You should include Gnulib-provided headers before system headers,
-so that Gnulib-provided headers can adjust how a system header
-behaves.
+@samp{restrict} to be the empty string on a pre-C99 host, or a macro
+like @samp{_FILE_OFFSET_BITS} that affects the layout of data
+structures, the definition is consistent for all include files.
+Also, on some platforms macros like @samp{_FILE_OFFSET_BITS} and
+@samp{_GNU_SOURCE} may be ineffective, or may have only a limited
+effect, if defined after the first system header file is included.
 
 A final word of warning: Gnulib currently assumes it will be
 responsible for @emph{all} functions that end up in the Autoconf
@@ -343,9 +343,20 @@ All files created by @code{gnulib-tool}, except @file{gnulib-cache.m4},
 should be treated like generated source files, like for example a
 @file{parser.c} file is generated from @file{parser.y}.
 
+@itemize
+
+@item
 In projects which commit all source files, whether generated or not, into
 CVS, the @code{gnulib-tool} generated files should all be committed.
 
+Gnulib also contains files generated by @command{make} (and removed by
+@code{make clean}, using information determined by @command{configure}
+They should not be checked into CVS, but instead added to
+@file{.cvsignore}.  When you have a Gnulib source file of the form
+@file{lib/foo_.h}, the corresponding @file{lib/foo.h} is such a file.
+
+
+@item
 In projects which customarily omit from the CVS all files that generated
 from other source files, all these files and directories would not be
 added into CVS.  The only file that must be added to CVS is
@@ -362,3 +373,5 @@ The @samp{--update} option operates much like the @samp{--import} option,
 but it does not offer the possibility to change the way Gnulib is used.
 Also it does not report in the ChangeLogs the files that it had to add
 because they were missing.
+
+@end itemize