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@@ -44702,7 +44702,9 @@ available for the configuration record.
@var{sub-documentation} is a @code{(@var{field-name}
@var{configuration-name})} tuple. @var{field-name} is the name of the
field which takes another configuration record as its value, and
-@var{configuration-name} is the name of that configuration record.
+@var{configuration-name} is the name of that configuration record. The
+same value may be used for multiple @var{field-name}s, in case a field
+accepts different types of configurations.
@var{sub-documentation} is only needed if there are nested configuration
records. For example, the @code{getmail-configuration} record