diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 0666143a6..050ef5038 100755
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2009-02-26  Carsten Dominik  <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
 
+	* org.el (org-global-properties-fixed, org-global-properties):
+	Improve documentation string.
+
 	* org-exp.el (org-export-ascii-links-to-notes): New option.
 	(org-export-as-ascii): Handle links better.
 	(org-export-ascii-wrap, org-export-ascii-push-links): New
diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
index 0fef0294d..7359a2529 100644
--- a/lisp/org.el
+++ b/lisp/org.el
@@ -2309,11 +2309,23 @@ Effort estimates given in this property need to have the format H:MM."
 (defconst org-global-properties-fixed
   '(("VISIBILITY_ALL" . "folded children content all"))
   "List of property/value pairs that can be inherited by any entry.
-These are fixed values, for the preset properties.")
 
+These are fixed values, for the preset properties.  The user variable
+that can be used to add to this list is `org-global-properties'.
+
+The entries in this list are cons cells where the car is a property
+name and cdr is a string with the value.  If the value represents
+multiple items like an \"_ALL\" property, separate the items by
+spaces.")
 
 (defcustom org-global-properties nil
   "List of property/value pairs that can be inherited by any entry.
+
+This list will be combined with the constant `org-global-properties-fixed'.
+
+The entries in this list are cons cells where the car is a property
+name and cdr is a string with the value.
+
 You can set buffer-local values for the same purpose in the variable
 `org-file-properties' this by adding lines like