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@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ variables as an error, so can still return status 0 (depending on the
 handling of other arguments).  This appears to be the standard shell
 behaviour.
 
-The variable HOME is no longer set by the shell; it must be present
-in the environment.  It is valid for the variable to be unset.
+The variable HOME is no longer set by the shell if zsh is emulating any
+other shell at startup; it must be present in the environment or set
+subsequently by the user.  It is valid for the variable to be unset.
 
 Zsh has previously been lax about whether it allows octets with the
 top bit set to be part of a shell identifier.  With --enable-multibyte set,