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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ for VARNAME in [VALUES...]; COMMANDS...; end
 
 \subsection for-description Description
 
-`for` is a loop construct. It will perform the commands specified by `COMMANDS` multiple times. On each iteration, the environment variable specified by `VARNAME` is assigned a new value from `VALUES`. If `VALUES` is empty, `COMMANDS` will not be executed at all.
+`for` is a loop construct. It will perform the commands specified by `COMMANDS` multiple times. On each iteration, the local variable specified by `VARNAME` is assigned a new value from `VALUES`. If `VALUES` is empty, `COMMANDS` will not be executed at all.
 
 \subsection for-example Example