footnote about keyword args
diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref7.tex b/Doc/ref/ref7.tex
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--- a/Doc/ref/ref7.tex
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@@ -267,7 +267,9 @@
 \indexii{function}{definition}
 
 A function definition defines a user-defined function object (see
-section \ref{types}):
+section \ref{types}):\footnote{The new syntax to receive arbitrary
+keyword arguments is not yet documented in this manual.  See chapter
+12 of the Tutorial.}
 \obindex{user-defined function}
 \obindex{function}