@code{MAKEFLAGS} is passed to sub-@command{make}s implicitly by
@command{make} itself.
-However you should not think that all variables ending with
-@code{FLAGS} follow this convention. For instance,
-@code{DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS} (@pxref{Checking the Distribution}) and
-@code{ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS} (see @ref{Rebuilding} and @ref{Local Macros}),
-are two variables that are only useful to the maintainer and have no
-user counterpart.
+However you should not think that all variables ending with @code{FLAGS}
+follow this convention. For instance, @code{ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS} (see
+@ref{Rebuilding} and @ref{Local Macros}) is a variable that is only
+useful to the maintainer and has no user counterpart.
@code{ARFLAGS} (@pxref{A Library}) is usually defined by Automake and
has neither @code{AM_} nor per-target cousin.