- The table below lists the general-purpose Emacs variables that are
-automatically local (when set) in each buffer. Many Lisp packages
-define such variables for their internal use; we don't list them here.
+ The table below lists the general-purpose Emacs variables that
+automatically become buffer-local in each buffer. Most become
+buffer-local only when set; a few of them are always local in every
+buffer. Many Lisp packages define such variables for their internal
+use, but we don't try to list them all here.