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    r229965 | file | 2009-11-13 11:19:59 -0600 (Fri, 13 Nov 2009) | 6 lines
    
    Document a limitation in the AVAILSTATUS variable from ChanIsAvail and provide
    a workaround for it that does not change existing behavior.
    
    (closes issue #14426)
    Reported by: macli
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diff --git a/apps/app_chanisavail.c b/apps/app_chanisavail.c
index 68cab31aa..2d01923d4 100644
--- a/apps/app_chanisavail.c
+++ b/apps/app_chanisavail.c
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ static char *descrip =
 "    s - Consider the channel unavailable if the channel is in use at all.\n"
 "    t - Simply checks if specified channels exist in the channel list\n"
 "        (implies option s).\n"
+"Note that the AVAILSTATUS variable is used for both device state\n"
+"and cause code. It is therefore possible for it to give a value that may\n"
+"indicate a device is available when it is not. It is suggested that the\n"
+"AVAILORIGCHAN variable is used instead to see whether a device is available\n"
+"or not.\n"
 "This application sets the following channel variable upon completion:\n"
 "  AVAILCHAN     - the name of the available channel, if one exists\n"
 "  AVAILORIGCHAN - the canonical channel name that was used to create the channel\n"