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diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt
index 94d7a2bd999ce5e8603f6d6639ba34d224c2bee5..7386bcab3ec30a06f4663c953fa46e78ed26c07b 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ member (you need this if you add things later) and you should set the
   `unsorted_string_list_delete_item`.
 
 . Can remove items not matching a criterion from a sorted or unsorted
-  list using `filter_string_list`.
+  list using `filter_string_list`, or remove empty strings using
+  `string_list_remove_empty_items`.
 
 . Finally it should free the list using `string_list_clear`.
 
@@ -75,6 +76,12 @@ Functions
        to be deleted.  Preserve the order of the items that are
        retained.
 
+`string_list_remove_empty_items`::
+
+       Remove any empty strings from the list.  If free_util is true,
+       call free() on the util members of any items that have to be
+       deleted.  Preserve the order of the items that are retained.
+
 `string_list_longest_prefix`::
 
        Return the longest string within a string_list that is a