From 85e8a6cb9fde50cfc54854fb8161fcb0af722d6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jesse Rosenstock <jmr@google.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2020 09:29:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify docs that bss is zero-initialized

Addresses comment raised in #1202.
---
 doc/cc65.sgml | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/cc65.sgml b/doc/cc65.sgml
index a81358510..e7b8f260d 100644
--- a/doc/cc65.sgml
+++ b/doc/cc65.sgml
@@ -1043,8 +1043,8 @@ parameter with the <tt/#pragma/.
 <sect1><tt>#pragma bss-name (&lsqb;push,&rsqb; &lt;name&gt;)</tt><label id="pragma-bss-name"><p>
 
   This pragma changes the name used for the BSS segment (the BSS segment
-  is used to store uninitialized data). The argument is a string enclosed
-  in double quotes.
+  is used to store variables with static storage duration and no explicit
+  initializer). The argument is a string enclosed in double quotes.
 
   Note: The default linker configuration file does only map the standard
   segments. If you use other segments, you have to create a new linker
@@ -1052,7 +1052,8 @@ parameter with the <tt/#pragma/.
 
   Beware: The startup code will zero only the default BSS segment. If you
   use another BSS segment, you have to do that yourself, otherwise
-  uninitialized variables do not have the value zero.
+  variables with static storage duration and no explicit initializer will
+  not have the value zero.
 
   The <tt/#pragma/ understands the push and pop parameters as explained above.