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@@ -491,9 +491,10 @@ Install @var{package}.
@var{package} may specify either a simple package name, such as
@code{guile}, or a package name followed by a hyphen and version number,
-such as @code{guile-1.8.8}. In addition, @var{package} may contain a
-colon, followed by the name of one of the outputs of the package, as in
-@code{gcc:doc} or @code{binutils-2.22:lib}.
+such as @code{guile-1.8.8}. If no version number is specified, the
+newest available version will be selected. In addition, @var{package}
+may contain a colon, followed by the name of one of the outputs of the
+package, as in @code{gcc:doc} or @code{binutils-2.22:lib}.
@cindex propagated inputs
Sometimes packages have @dfn{propagated inputs}: these are dependencies