From: John Darrington <john@darrington.wattle.id.au>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:04:22 +0000 (+0800)
Subject: Update documentation regarding missing values.
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Update documentation regarding missing values.

Explicitly mention that cases are excluded on a
listwise basis.
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diff --git a/doc/statistics.texi b/doc/statistics.texi
index 36c864ea..632c1a37 100644
--- a/doc/statistics.texi
+++ b/doc/statistics.texi
@@ -1013,8 +1013,11 @@ The default is FREE.
 @item The CUTOFF parameter is for compatibility and is ignored.
 @end itemize
 
-
 The MISSING subcommand determines whether user missing values are to 
-be included or excluded in the analysis.  The default behaviour is to exclude them.
+be included or excluded in the analysis.  The default behaviour is to
+exclude them.
+Cases are excluded on a listwise basis; if any of the variables in @var{var_list} 
+or if the variable @var{state_var} is missing, then the entire case will be 
+excluded.