diff --git a/src/keymap.c b/src/keymap.c
index b312d2516b8..24252e0b117 100644
--- a/src/keymap.c
+++ b/src/keymap.c
@@ -973,6 +973,8 @@ KEYMAP is a keymap.
 KEY is a string or a vector of symbols and characters meaning a
 sequence of keystrokes and events.  Non-ASCII characters with codes
 above 127 (such as ISO Latin-1) can be included if you use a vector.
+Using [t] for KEY creates a default definition, which applies to any
+event type that has no other definition in thus keymap.
 
 DEF is anything that can be a key's definition:
  nil (means key is undefined in this keymap),