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diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index 3b9082031..deee95a9b 100644
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -2913,6 +2913,12 @@ defined and macros will be expanded.
Because macros in the config file are often used for secrets, those are only
available to admin users.
+.new
+The word &"set"& at the start of a line, followed by a single space,
+is recognised specially as defining a value for a variable.
+The syntax is otherwise the same as the ACL modifier &"set ="&.
+.wen
+
.vitem &%-bem%&&~<&'filename'&>
.oindex "&%-bem%&"
.cindex "testing" "string expansion"
diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
index 2986b2cdd..807d9e434 100644
--- a/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/NewStuff
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ Before a formal release, there may be quite a lot of detail so that people can
test from the snapshots or the Git before the documentation is updated. Once
the documentation is updated, this file is reduced to a short list.
+Version 4.97
+------------
+
+ 1. The expansion-test faciility (exim -be) can set variables.
+
Version 4.96
------------