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diff --git a/libbuild2/functions-process.cxx b/libbuild2/functions-process.cxx
index 0870874..4be5149 100644
--- a/libbuild2/functions-process.cxx
+++ b/libbuild2/functions-process.cxx
@@ -414,6 +414,11 @@ namespace build2
//
// Run builtin or external program and return trimmed stdout.
//
+ // Note that if the result of executing the program can be affected by
+ // environment variables and this result can in turn affect the build
+ // result, then such variables should be reported with the
+ // config.environment directive.
+ //
// Note that this function is not pure.
//
f.insert (".run", false) += [](const scope* s, names args)
@@ -435,6 +440,11 @@ namespace build2
// (as a whole) against <pat> and, if successful, returned, optionally
// processed with <fmt>, as an element of a list.
//
+ // Note that if the result of executing the program can be affected by
+ // environment variables and this result can in turn affect the build
+ // result, then such variables should be reported with the
+ // config.environment directive.
+ //
// Note that this function is not pure.
//
{