DEFVAR_LISP ("load-path", Vload_path,
doc: /* List of directories to search for files to load.
Each element is a string (directory file name) or nil (meaning
-`default-directory'). Initialized during startup as described in Info
-node `(elisp)Library Search'. Use `directory-file-name' when adding items
-to this path. */);
+`default-directory').
+Initialized during startup as described in Info node `(elisp)Library Search'.
+Use `directory-file-name' when adding items to this path. However, Lisp
+programs that process this list should tolerate directories both with
+and without trailing slashes. */);
DEFVAR_LISP ("load-suffixes", Vload_suffixes,
doc: /* List of suffixes for (compiled or source) Emacs Lisp files.