Fix PR 11628.

[pspp] / doc / data-selection.texi

diff --git a/doc/data-selection.texi b/doc/data-selection.texi
index c20337ae4de8c3597d8fe0229fb75a3a61d4259d..3ea91c8d7d9d14e016834553fad7d7baac1a0fe2 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/data-selection.texi
+++ b/doc/data-selection.texi
@@ -212,9 +212,8 @@ When @cmd{SELECT IF} is specified following @cmd{TEMPORARY}
 @vindex SPLIT FILE
 
 @display
-Two possible syntaxes:
-        SPLIT FILE BY var_list.
-        SPLIT FILE OFF.
+SPLIT FILE [{LAYERED, SEPARATE}] BY var_list.
+SPLIT FILE OFF.
 @end display
 
 @cmd{SPLIT FILE} allows multiple sets of data present in one data
@@ -227,6 +226,10 @@ variables are analyzed by statistical procedure commands as one group.
 An independent analysis is carried out for each group of cases, and the
 variable values for the group are printed along with the analysis.
 
+When a list of variable names is specified, one of the keywords
+LAYERED or SEPARATE may also be specified.  If provided, either
+keyword are ignored.
+
 Groups are formed only by @emph{adjacent} cases.  To create a split 
 using a variable where like values are not adjacent in the working file,
 you should first sort the data by that variable (@pxref{SORT CASES}).