--- a/doc/hgrc.5.txt	Tue Aug 18 13:40:19 2009 +0200
+++ b/doc/hgrc.5.txt	Sat Aug 22 01:34:56 2009 +0200
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@
 Lines beginning with "`#`" or "`;`" are ignored and may be used to provide
 comments.
 
+A line of the form "`%include file`" will include `file` into the
+current configuration file. The inclusion is recursive, which means
+that included files can include other files. Filenames are relative to
+the configuration file in which the `%include` directive is found.
+
+
 SECTIONS
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