follow GNU standards

[platform/upstream/automake.git] / automake.texi

diff --git a/automake.texi b/automake.texi
index 7b854b3..acc70c1 100644 (file)
--- a/automake.texi
+++ b/automake.texi
@@ -2145,7 +2145,11 @@ standards.
 @item
 If @samp{VERSION} indicates that this is an alpha release, and the file
 @file{README-alpha} appears in the topmost directory of a package, then
-it is included in the distribution.
+it is included in the distribution.  This is done in @samp{--gnits}
+mode, and no other, because this mode is the only one where version
+number formats are constrained, and hence the only mode where
+@code{automake} can automatically determine whether @file{README-alpha}
+should be included.
 
 @item
 The file @file{THANKS} is required.