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<span id="g_t_0040documentdescription_003a-Summary-Text"></span><h4 class="subsection">3.7.1 <code>@documentdescription</code>: Summary Text</h4>
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<p>When producing HTML output for a document, <code>makeinfo</code> writes a
‘<samp><meta></samp>’ element in the ‘<samp><head></samp>’ to give some idea of the
content of the document. By default, this <em>description</em> is the
title of the document, taken from the <code>@settitle</code> command
(see <a href="_0040settitle.html"><code>@settitle</code></a>). To change this, use the
<code>@documentdescription</code> environment, as in:
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<pre class="example">@documentdescription
descriptive text.
@end documentdescription
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<p>This will produce the following output in the ‘<samp><head></samp>’ of the HTML:
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<pre class="example"><meta name=description content="descriptive text.">
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<p><code>@documentdescription</code> must be specified before the first node of
the document.
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