diff --git a/doc_src/doc.hdr b/doc_src/doc.hdr
index 52bcfde7e..c0010b779 100644
--- a/doc_src/doc.hdr
+++ b/doc_src/doc.hdr
@@ -1015,6 +1015,7 @@ g++, javac, java, gcj, lpr, doxygen, whois, find)
 version of a POSIX command
 - Yanking weird characters from clipboard prints Unicode escapes
 
+
 If you think you have found a bug not described here, please send a
 report to <a href="mailto:axel@liljencrantz.se"> axel@liljencrantz.se
 </a>.
diff --git a/doc_src/set.txt b/doc_src/set.txt
index fdcfc3502..c185c441f 100644
--- a/doc_src/set.txt
+++ b/doc_src/set.txt
@@ -18,16 +18,12 @@ The <tt>set</tt> builtin causes fish to assign the variable <tt>VARIABLE_NAME</t
 If set is called with no arguments, the names and values of all
 environment variables are printed.
 
-If set is called with only one argument, the scope of the variable
-with the given name will be changed as specified, but it's value will
-remain the same. If the variable did not previously exist, it's value
-will be an empty string.
-
 If the \c -e or \c --erase option is specified, the variable
 specified by the following arguments will be erased
 
 If a variable is set to more than one value, the variable will be an
-array with the specified elements.
+array with the specified elements. If a variable is set to zero
+elements, it will become an array with zero elements.
 
 If the variable name is one or more array elements, such as <tt>PATH[1
 3 7]</tt>, only those array elements specified will be changed.