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@@ -749,6 +749,8 @@ behavior, set `diff-switches' to `-c'.
 
 * Lisp Changes in Emacs 25.1
 
+** The default value of `load-read-function' is now `read'.
+
 ** New hook `pre-redisplay-functions', a bit easier to use than pre-redisplay-function.
 
 ** The second arg of `looking-back' should always be provided explicitly.