--- a/editcommands.html	Thu Jul 14 14:25:28 2011 -0600
+++ b/editcommands.html	Thu Jul 14 14:27:17 2011 -0600
@@ -2371,6 +2371,9 @@
 as hiliteColor, and make up new commands if we want to do things like set the
 document background color.  See hiliteColor for comments.
 -->
+<p class=note>For historical reasons, backColor and hiliteColor behave
+identically.
+
 <p><a href=#action>Action</a>:
 
 <ol>
@@ -2879,6 +2882,8 @@
 sense; see the comment for backColor.
 
 For color parsing, see the comment for foreColor. -->
+<p class=note>For historical reasons, backColor and hiliteColor behave
+identically.
 
 <p><a href=#action>Action</a>:
 

--- a/source.html	Thu Jul 14 14:25:28 2011 -0600
+++ b/source.html	Thu Jul 14 14:27:17 2011 -0600
@@ -2350,6 +2350,9 @@
 as hiliteColor, and make up new commands if we want to do things like set the
 document background color.  See hiliteColor for comments.
 -->
+<p class=note>For historical reasons, backColor and hiliteColor behave
+identically.
+
 <p><span>Action</span>:
 
 <ol>
@@ -2859,6 +2862,8 @@
 sense; see the comment for backColor.
 
 For color parsing, see the comment for foreColor. -->
+<p class=note>For historical reasons, backColor and hiliteColor behave
+identically.
 
 <p><span>Action</span>: