diff --git a/autosetup/README.md b/autosetup/README.md
index b9453574fe..502c901448 100644
--- a/autosetup/README.md
+++ b/autosetup/README.md
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ In (mostly) alphabetical order:
 - **`proj-indented-notice ?-error? msg`**\  
   Breaks its `msg` argument into lines, trims them, and emits them
   with consistent indentation. If the `-error` flag is used, it then
-  exits with non-0. This will stick out starkly from normal output
-  and is intended to be used only for important notices.
+  exits with a non-0 result code. This will stick out starkly from
+  normal output and is intended to be used only for important notices.
 
 - **`proj-opt-truthy flag`**\  
   Returns 1 if `--flag`'s value is "truthy," i.e. one of (1, on,
@@ -179,16 +179,20 @@ LDFLAGS.zlib = @LDFLAGS_ZLIB@
 LDFLAGS.math = @LDFLAGS_MATH@
 ```
 
+(That first one is defined by autosetup, and thus applies "LDFLAGS" as
+the suffix rather than the prefix. Which is more legible is a matter
+of taste, for which there is no accounting.)
+
 
 Do Not Update Global Shared State
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 In both the legacy Autotools-driven build and in common Autosetup
 usage, feature tests performed by the configure script may amend
-global flags such as `CFLAGS`, `LDFLAGS`, and `LIBS`.  That's
-appropriate for a makefile which builds a single deliverable, less
-so for makefiles which produce multiple deliverables. Drawbacks
-of that approach include:
+global flags such as `CFLAGS`, `LDFLAGS`, and `LIBS`[^as-cflags].  That's
+appropriate for a makefile which builds a single deliverable, but less
+so for makefiles which produce multiple deliverables. Drawbacks of
+that approach include:
 
 - It's unlikely that every single deliverable will require the same
   core set of those flags.
@@ -198,11 +202,11 @@ of that approach include:
   maintainer.
 - It can force the maintainers of the configure script to place tests
   in a specific order so that the resulting flags get applied at
-  the correct time.\  
+  the correct time and/or in the correct order.\  
   (A real-life example: before the approach described below was taken
   to collecting build-time flags, the test for `-rpath` had to come
   _after_ the test for zlib because the results of the `-rpath` test
-  implicitly modified the `CFLAGS`, breaking the zlib feature
+  implicitly modified global state which broke the zlib feature
   test. Because the feature tests no longer (intentionally) modify
   global state, that is not an issue.)
 
@@ -236,6 +240,11 @@ case there is no practical way to avoid "polluting" the builds of
 arbitrary makefile targets with those. _C'est la vie._
 
 
+[^as-cflags]: But see this article for a detailed discussion of how
+  autosetup currently deals specifically with CFLAGS:
+  <https://msteveb.github.io/autosetup/articles/handling-cflags/>
+
+
 <a name="updating"></a>
 Updating Autosetup
 ========================================================================
diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index c450b0aa8f..874d61f2ba 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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-D 2024-11-06T07:20:20.567
+C Minor\sdoc\stweaks.
+D 2024-11-06T08:29:47.976
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@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ F autoconf/tea/win/rules.vc 94a18c3e453535459b4a643983acca52fb8756e79055bd2ad4b0
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-F autosetup/README.md e6a686c3959fc565f9310f10f0d038440b1715591b6a90fc594160e8c361a5b6
+F autosetup/README.md fd7d8b3cd25ddeb6f6041be14a17923a64c30c1855825224d34dc2c28fa8ee94
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@@ -2200,8 +2200,8 @@ F tool/version-info.c 3b36468a90faf1bbd59c65fd0eb66522d9f941eedd364fabccd7227350
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-Z 3e647edf4dd8fa5473ff129830ab4868
+Z 3fe0453285c895a787d757f74d8262d1
 # Remove this line to create a well-formed Fossil manifest.
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 20a2e64608..f536e1b854 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
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