From 0468a4ea47cb42de3406dc4e3737c8595cb556bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wm4 <wm4@nowhere>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 20:44:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] manpage: explain some property expansion restrictions

---
 DOCS/man/input.rst | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/DOCS/man/input.rst b/DOCS/man/input.rst
index 41c3d60db7..a7d620d82a 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/input.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/input.rst
@@ -1805,7 +1805,10 @@ Property Expansion
 ------------------
 
 All string arguments to input commands as well as certain options (like
-``--term-playing-msg``) are subject to property expansion.
+``--term-playing-msg``) are subject to property expansion. Note that property
+expansion does not work in places where e.g. numeric parameters are expected.
+(For example, the ``add`` command does not do property expansion. The ``set``
+command is an exception and not a general rule.)
 
 .. admonition:: Example for input.conf