Index: doc/variable.man.inc
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diff -u -rc210a16eea562921715652f023bc6d07e4e25ed2 -r8f64a468d8bb53f2ba317c8c738c2d3a24243980
--- doc/variable.man.inc	(.../variable.man.inc)	(revision c210a16eea562921715652f023bc6d07e4e25ed2)
+++ doc/variable.man.inc	(.../variable.man.inc)	(revision 8f64a468d8bb53f2ba317c8c738c2d3a24243980)
@@ -50,10 +50,12 @@
 [list_begin definitions]
 [def "[arg obj] [arg variableName] [method add] [arg element] [opt [arg index]]"]
 Adding [arg element] to the managed list value, at the list position given by [arg index] (by default: 0).
-[def "[arg obj] [arg variableName] [method delete] [arg elementPattern]"]
-Removing one or multiple elements from the managed list value which
-match [arg elementPattern]. [arg elementPattern] can contain matching
-characters (see [cmd "string match"]).
+[def "[arg obj] [arg variableName] [method delete] [opt [option -nocomplain]] [arg elementPattern]"]
+Removing the first occurrence of an element from the managed list
+value which matches [arg elementPattern]. [arg elementPattern] can
+contain matching characters (see [cmd "string match"]). An error will
+be thrown if there is no match, unless [option -nocomplain] is set.
+
 [list_end]
 
 [para]