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+## Copyright (C) 2009 Søren Hauberg
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+## the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+## your option) any later version.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+## General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with this program; see the file COPYING.  If not, see
+## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} __additional_help_message__ ()
+## Return additional help message.
+##
+## This is an internal function and should not be used directly.
+## @seealso{suppress_verbose_help_message}
+## @end deftypefn
+
+function msg = __additional_help_message__ ()
+
+  if (suppress_verbose_help_message ())
+    msg = "";
+  else
+    msg = "\
+Additional help for built-in functions and operators is\n\
+available in the on-line version of the manual.  Use the command\n\
+`doc <topic>' to search the manual index.\n\
+\n\
+Help and information about Octave is also available on the WWW\n\
+at http://www.octave.org and via the help@octave.org\n\
+mailing list.\n";
+  endif
+
+endfunction