</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>variablelist.as.table</refname>
-<refpurpose>Format segmented lists as tables?</refpurpose>
+<refpurpose>Format <sgmltag>variablelist</sgmltag>s as tables?</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<para>If non-zero, <sgmltag>variablelist</sgmltag>s will be formatted as
tables.</para>
+<para>This parameter only applys to the HTML transformations. In the
+FO case, proper list markup is robust enough to handle the formatting.
+But see also <parameter>variablelist.as.blocks</parameter>.</para>
+
</refsect1>
</refentry>