diff --git a/lispref/tips.texi b/lispref/tips.texi
index bbc8ad7b708..7a10f212153 100644
--- a/lispref/tips.texi
+++ b/lispref/tips.texi
@@ -402,6 +402,12 @@ line.  This looks nice in the source code, but looks bizarre when users
 view the documentation.  Remember that the indentation before the
 starting double-quote is not part of the string!
 
+@item
+When the user tries to use a disabled command, Emacs displays just the
+first paragraph of its documentation string---everything through the
+first blank line.  If you wish, you can choose which information to
+include before the first blank line so as to make this display useful.
+
 @item
 A variable's documentation string should start with @samp{*} if the
 variable is one that users would often want to set interactively.  If