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@@ -172,8 +172,14 @@ Executed before each prompt.
 findex(preexec)
 item(tt(preexec))(
 Executed just after a command has been read and is about to be
-executed.  If the history mechanism is active, the string to be
-executed is passed as an argument.
+executed.  If the history mechanism is active (and the line was not
+discarded from the history buffer), the string that the user typed is
+passed as the first argument, otherwise it is an empty string.  The
+actual command that will be executed (including expanded aliases) is
+passed in two differnt forms: the second argument is a single-line,
+size-limited version of the command (with things like function bodies
+elided); the third argument contains the full text what what is being
+executed.
 )
 item(tt(TRAP)var(NAL))(
 cindex(signals, trapping)