From: Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 12:35:38 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Docs: add note on list-splitting
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Docs: add note on list-splitting
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diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index 15e36f7ac..db5a24553 100644
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -7773,7 +7773,14 @@ domain, host, address and local part lists.
 
 .section "Expansion of lists" "SECTlistexpand"
 .cindex "expansion" "of lists"
-Each list is expanded as a single string before it is used. The result of
+Each list is expanded as a single string before it is used.
+
+.new
+&'Exception: the router headers_remove option, where list-item
+splitting is done before string-expansion.'&
+.wen
+
+The result of
 expansion must be a list, possibly containing empty items, which is split up
 into separate items for matching. By default, colon is the separator character,
 but this can be varied if necessary. See sections &<<SECTlistconstruct>>& and