From 73500d2a456023ca36172f5af896d0b1f10853b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Gudmundsson <dgud@erlang.org>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 13:25:50 +0200
Subject: Do not load .erlang from current dir

It may be confusing that "hidden" .erlang is loaded from the current
working directory. Use c:erlangrc([Dir1,..]) to search and
load .erlang from other places than "$HOME/.erlang".

Implies that c:erlangrc() needs to be documented.
---
 erts/doc/src/erl.xml | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'erts')

diff --git a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
index 71fe08d4e6..ae52d92a89 100644
--- a/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
+++ b/erts/doc/src/erl.xml
@@ -1633,8 +1633,7 @@
       <tag>The <c>.erlang</c> startup file</tag>
       <item>
         <p>When Erlang/OTP is started, the system searches for a file named
-          <c>.erlang</c> in the directory where Erlang/OTP is started. If not
-          found, the user's home directory is searched for an <c>.erlang</c>
+          <c>.erlang</c> in the user's home directory is searched for an <c>.erlang</c>
           file.</p>
         <p>If an <c>.erlang</c> file is found, it is assumed to contain valid
           Erlang expressions. These expressions are evaluated as if they were
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